PDF to Images Conversion (PHP)

A lightweight PHP service for converting PDF files into images using pdftoppm. Supports PNG output and generates images for each page in the PDF.

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🚀 Features

• Converts PDF files into images (PNG format).
• Outputs one image per page in the PDF.
• Lightweight and easy to integrate.

⚙️ Requirements

• PHP 7.4 or higher.
• pdftoppm installed on the server (part of poppler-utils).

🔧 Installation

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/m-ah07/PDF-to-Images-Conversion-php.git

2. Install pdftoppm (if not already installed):

   sudo apt install poppler-utils

Usage

Example

Use the provided example script in the examples/ directory:

require_once __DIR__ . '/../src/PdfToImages.php';

use PdfToImages\PdfToImages;

$pdfPath = __DIR__ . '/sample.pdf';
$outputDir = __DIR__ . '/output';

$converter = new PdfToImages($pdfPath, $outputDir);
$images = $converter->convert();

print_r($images);

Place a sample PDF in the examples/ folder and run the script:

php examples/example.php

📂 Directory Structure

PDF-to-Images-Conversion-php/
├── examples/
│   └── example.php
├── src/
│   └── PdfToImages.php
├── LICENSE
├── .gitignore
└── README.md

🤝 Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Feel free to submit a pull request or open an issue to report bugs or suggest features.

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