pdf2image
This package provides an easy to work with class to convert PDF's to images.
Requirements
You should have Imagick
Installation
The package can be installed via composer:
composer require tal7aouy/pdf2image
Usage
Converting a pdf to an image is easy.
$pdf = new Tal7aouy\PdfToImage\Pdf($pathToPdf);
$pdf->saveImage($pathToWhereImageShouldBeStored);
If the path you pass to saveImage
has the extensions jpg
, jpeg
, or png
the image will be saved in that format.
Otherwise the output will be a jpg.
Other methods
You can get the total number of pages in the pdf:
$pdf->getNumberOfPages(); //returns an int
By default the first page of the pdf will be rendered. If you want to render another page you can do so:
$pdf->setPage(2)
->saveImage($pathToStoreImage); //saves the second page
You can override the output format:
$pdf->setOutputFormat('png')
->saveImage($pathToStoreImage); //the output wil be a png, no matter what
You can set the quality of compression from 0 to 100:
$pdf->setCompressionQuality(100); // sets the compression quality to maximum
You can specify the width of the resulting image:
$pdf
->width(400)
->saveImage($pathToWhereImageShouldBeStored);
Issues regarding Ghostscript
This package uses Ghostscript through Imagick. For this to work Ghostscripts gs
command should be accessible from the PHP process. For the PHP CLI process (e.g. Laravel's asynchronous jobs, commands, etc...) this is usually already the case.
However for PHP on FPM (e.g. when running this package "in the browser") you might run into the following problem:
Uncaught ImagickException: FailedToExecuteCommand 'gs'
This can be fixed by adding the following line at the end of your php-fpm.conf
file and restarting PHP FPM. If you're unsure where the php-fpm.conf
file is located you can check phpinfo()
. If you are using Laravel Valet the php-fpm.conf
file will be located in the /usr/local/etc/php/YOUR-PHP-VERSION
directory.
env[PATH] = /usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin
This will instruct PHP FPM to look for the gs
binary in the right places.
Testing
composer test
Changelog
Please see CHANGELOG for more information what has changed recently.
Security
If you've found a bug regarding security please mail [email protected] instead of using the issue tracker.
License
The MIT License (MIT). Please see License File for more information.