PDF to HTML PHP Class

This PHP class can convert your pdf files to html using poppler-utils., _(*1)

Thanks

Big thanks Mochamad Gufron (mgufrone)! I did a packet based on its package (https://github.com/mgufrone/pdf-to-html)., _(*2)

Important Notes

Please see how to use below., _(*3)

Installation

When you are in your active directory apps, you can just run this command to add this package on your app, _(*4)

  composer require tonchik-tm/pdf-to-html:~1

Or add this package to your composer.json, _(*5)

{
  "tonchik-tm/pdf-to-html":"~1"
}

Requirements

1. Install Poppler-Utils

Debian/Ubuntu, _(*6)

sudo apt-get install poppler-utils

Mac OS X, _(*7)

brew install poppler

Windows, _(*8)

For those who need this package in windows, there is a way. First download poppler-utils for windows here http://blog.alivate.com.au/poppler-windows/. And download the latest binary., _(*9)

After download it, extract it., _(*10)

2. We need to know where is utilities

Debian/Ubuntu, _(*11)

$ whereis pdftohtml
pdftohtml: /usr/bin/pdftohtml

$ whereis pdfinfo
pdfinfo: /usr/bin/pdfinfo

Mac OS X, _(*12)

$ which pdfinfo
/usr/local/bin/pdfinfo

$ which pdftohtml
/usr/local/bin/pdfinfo

Windows, _(*13)

Go in extracted directory. There will be a directory called bin. We will need this one., _(*14)

3. PHP Configuration with shell access enabled

Usage

Example:, _(*15)

<?php
// if you are using composer, just use this
include 'vendor/autoload.php';

// initiate
$pdf = new \TonchikTm\PdfToHtml\Pdf('test.pdf', [
    'pdftohtml_path' => '/usr/bin/pdftohtml',
    'pdfinfo_path' => '/usr/bin/pdfinfo'
]);

// example for windows
// $pdf = new \TonchikTm\PdfToHtml\Pdf('test.pdf', [
//     'pdftohtml_path' => '/path/to/poppler/bin/pdftohtml.exe',
//     'pdfinfo_path' => '/path/to/poppler/bin/pdfinfo.exe'
// ]);

// get pdf info
$pdfInfo = $pdf->getInfo();

// get count pages
$countPages = $pdf->countPages();

// get content from one page
$contentFirstPage = $pdf->getHtml()->getPage(1);

// get content from all pages and loop for they
foreach ($pdf->getHtml()->getAllPages() as $page) {
    echo $page . '<br/>';
}

Full list settings:, _(*16)

<?php

$full_settings = [
    'pdftohtml_path' => '/usr/bin/pdftohtml', // path to pdftohtml
    'pdfinfo_path' => '/usr/bin/pdfinfo', // path to pdfinfo

    'generate' => [ // settings for generating html
        'singlePage' => false, // we want separate pages
        'imageJpeg' => false, // we want png image
        'ignoreImages' => false, // we need images
        'zoom' => 1.5, // scale pdf
        'noFrames' => false, // we want separate pages
    ],

    'clearAfter' => true, // auto clear output dir (if removeOutputDir==false then output dir will remain)
    'removeOutputDir' => true, // remove output dir
    'outputDir' => '/tmp/'.uniqid(), // output dir

    'html' => [ // settings for processing html
        'inlineCss' => true, // replaces css classes to inline css rules
        'inlineImages' => true, // looks for images in html and replaces the src attribute to base64 hash
        'onlyContent' => true, // takes from html body content only
    ]
]