This package provides a class to extract text from a pdf.
\Spatie\PdfToText\Pdf::getText('book.pdf'); //returns the text from the pdfSpatie is a webdesign agency based in Antwerp, Belgium. You'll find an overview of all our open source projects on our website.
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Behind the scenes this package leverages pdftotext. You can verify if the binary installed on your system by issueing this command:
which pdftotext
If it is installed it will return the path to the binary.
To install the binary you can use this command on Ubuntu or Debian:
apt-get install poppler-utilsIf you're on RedHat or CentOS use this:
yum install poppler-utilsYou can install the package via composer:
$ composer require spatie/pdf-to-textExtracting text from a pdf is easy.
$text = (new Pdf())
->setPdf('book.pdf')
->text();Or easier:
\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
$text = (new Pdf('/custom/path/to/pdftotext'))
->setPdf('book.pdf')
->text();or as the second parameter to the getText-function:
\Spatie\PdfToText\Pdf::getText('book.pdf', '/custom/path/to/pdftotext')Please see CHANGELOG for more information what has changed recently.
$ composer testPlease see CONTRIBUTING for details.
If you discover any security related issues, please email freek@spatie.be instead of using the issue tracker.
Spatie is a webdesign agency based in Antwerp, Belgium. You'll find an overview of all our open source projects on our website.
The MIT License (MIT). Please see License File for more information.