quangvule/pdf-to-text

Extract text from a pdf

Extract text from a pdf

, _(*1)

This package provides a class to extract text from a pdf., _(*2)

 \Spatie\PdfToText\Pdf::getText('book.pdf'); //returns the text from the pdf

Spatie is a webdesign agency based in Antwerp, Belgium. You'll find an overview of all our open source projects on our website., _(*3)

Postcardware

You're free to use this package (it's MIT-licensed), but if it makes it to your production environment you are required to send us a postcard from your hometown, mentioning which of our package(s) you are using., _(*4)

Our address is: Spatie, Samberstraat 69D, 2060 Antwerp, Belgium., _(*5)

The best postcards will get published on the open source page on our website., _(*6)

Requirements

Behind the scenes this package leverages pdftotext. You can verify if the binary installed on your system by issueing this command:, _(*7)

which pdftotext

If it is installed it will return the path to the binary., _(*8)

To install the binary you can use this command on Ubuntu or Debian:, _(*9)

apt-get install poppler-utils

If you're on RedHat or CentOS use this:, _(*10)

yum install poppler-utils

Installation

You can install the package via composer:, _(*11)

$ composer require spatie/pdf-to-text

Usage

Extracting text from a pdf is easy., _(*12)

$text = (new Pdf())
    ->setPdf('book.pdf')
    ->text();

Or easier:, _(*13)

 \Spatie\PdfToText\Pdf::getText('book.pdf')

By default the package will assume that the pdftotext is located at /usr/bin/pdftotext. If you're using the a different location pass the path to the binary in constructor, _(*14)

$text = (new Pdf('/custom/path/to/pdftotext'))
    ->setPdf('book.pdf')
    ->text();

or as the second parameter to the getText-function:, _(*15)

 \Spatie\PdfToText\Pdf::getText('book.pdf', '/custom/path/to/pdftotext')

Change log

Please see CHANGELOG for more information what has changed recently., _(*16)

Testing

bash $ composer test, _(*17)

Contributing

Please see CONTRIBUTING for details., _(*18)

Security

If you discover any security related issues, please email freek@spatie.be instead of using the issue tracker., _(*19)

Credits

• Freek Van der Herten
• All Contributors

About Spatie

Spatie is a webdesign agency based in Antwerp, Belgium. You'll find an overview of all our open source projects on our website., _(*20)

License

The MIT License (MIT). Please see License File for more information., _(*21)