library pdfextractor

ztomesic/pdfextractor

Easy way to split PDF

, _(*1)

A PDF manipulator based on pdftk., _(*2)

Features

PHPExtractor is a PDF manipulation tool for PHP., _(*3)

• Concatenate pages from several PDF files into a new PDF file
• Split a PDF into multiple one page PDF files
• Convert PDF to text
• Search PDF
• Rebuild PDF by keyword(s)
• Extract PDF by keyword(s)
• Create new directory
• Delete all files from directory

Requirements

• The pdftk command must be installed on your system

Installation

You should use use composer to install this library., _(*4)

composer require ztomesic/pdfextractor

Examples

use ZTomesic\PDFExtractor\PDFExtractor;, _(*5)

PDF File class

use ZTomesic\PDFExtractor\PDF;, _(*6)

$pdf = new PDF('/file/location/file.pdf');, _(*7)

Burst

Split a PDF file into one file per page., _(*8)

$file = new PDF('/file/location/file.pdf');

PDFExtractor::burst($file)->save('/location/where/to/burst/');

Cat

Concatenate pages from several PDF files into a new PDF file., _(*9)

PDFExtractor::cat(/location/of/pdf/files/, '*.pdf')->save('location/where/to/save/', 'name_of_new_file.pdf');

PDF To Text

Convert PDF to text., _(*10)

$pdf = new PDF('/file/location/file.pdf');

PDFExtractor::PDFToText($pdf);

Search PDF

Search PDF file by keywoard(s)., _(*11)

$pdf = new PDF('/file/location/file.pdf');

PDFExtractor::searchPDF($pdf, 'wordToSearchBy');

Rebuild PDF By Keyword

Rebuild PDF(s) by keyword(s), _(*12)

$pdf = new PDF('/file/location/file.pdf');

PDFExtractor::rebuildPDFByKeyword($pdf, '/location/where/to/burst/', '/location/where/to/rebuild/', 'keyword_to_rebuild_by');

Relocate File

Change location of specific file, _(*13)

$pdf = new PDF('/file/location/file.pdf');

PDFExtractor::relocateFile($pdf, '/new/file/path/');

Clear Folder

Delete all content from folder., _(*14)

$excludedFiles = ['excluded_file.pdf'];

PDFExtractor::clearFolder('/path/to/directory/', $excludedFiles);

Remove Directory

Delete directory and content., _(*15)

PDFExtractor::removeDirectory('/path/to/directory/');

Create Directory

Create new directory., _(*16)

PDFExtractor::createDirectory('/path/to/directory/name/');

Search and rebuild

Search PDF(s) and rebuild by keyword., _(*17)

$pdf = new PDF('/file/location/file.pdf');
$PDFExtractor = PDFExtractor::burst($file)->save('/location/where/to/burst/');

$PDFExtractor->searchMultiplePDFByKeywords('/location/where/to/burst/', 'wordToSearchBy')
             ->changeFileLocation('/location/where/to/rebuild/')
             ->mergePDFByKeywords();

Extract Metadata To Array

Extract metadata to array., _(*18)

PDFExtractor::extractMetadata('/path/to/directory/name/')
    ->save('/location/where/to/save/', 'name_of_file.txt')
    ->toArray();

Extract Metadata To String

Extract metadata to string., _(*19)

PDFExtractor::extractMetadata('/path/to/directory/name/')
    ->save('/location/where/to/save/', 'name_of_file.txt')
    ->toString();