Xpdf tools — pre-compiled binaries + PHP wrappers

Pre-compiled Xpdf command-line tools with fluent PHP wrapper classes. Includes pdftotext, pdfinfo, pdftopng, pdfimages, and more.

Xpdf version: 4.06

Installation

composer require restruct/xpdf-static

Quick examples

use Restruct\Xpdf\PdfToText;
use Restruct\Xpdf\PdfInfo;
use Restruct\Xpdf\PdfToPng;
use Restruct\Xpdf\PdfImages;

// Extract text (UTF-8, layout preserved)
$text = PdfToText::extract('/path/to/file.pdf');

// Page count
$pages = PdfInfo::pageCount('/path/to/file.pdf');

// Full document info
$info = PdfInfo::create('/path/to/file.pdf');
echo $info->getTitle();
echo $info->getPageCount();
$dims = $info->getPageDimensions();
echo $dims->standard; // 'A4'

// Render pages to PNG
$pngs = PdfToPng::render('/path/to/file.pdf', '/tmp/output', dpi: 240);

// Extract images
$images = PdfImages::extractAll('/path/to/file.pdf', '/tmp/img');

// List images without extracting
$listing = PdfImages::list('/path/to/file.pdf');

Wrapper classes

Restruct\Xpdf\Xpdf — binary resolution + generic runner

use Restruct\Xpdf\Xpdf;

// Check availability
Xpdf::isAvailable();
Xpdf::availableTools(); // ['pdftotext', 'pdfinfo', ...]

// Run any tool directly
$result = Xpdf::run('pdftotext', ['-layout', '-enc', 'UTF-8', 'input.pdf', '-']);
echo $result->output;
echo $result->isSuccessful();

Restruct\Xpdf\PdfToText — text extraction

use Restruct\Xpdf\PdfToText;

// Quick extraction
$text = PdfToText::extract('input.pdf');

// Fluent API with full control
$text = PdfToText::create('input.pdf')
    ->encoding('UTF-8')
    ->layout()
    ->pages(1, 5)
    ->noPageBreak()
    ->noDiag()        // skip watermarks
    ->getText();

// Table mode for tabular data
$text = PdfToText::create('input.pdf')
    ->table()
    ->encoding('UTF-8')
    ->getText();

// Save to file
PdfToText::create('input.pdf')
    ->encoding('UTF-8')
    ->toFile('output.txt');

Restruct\Xpdf\PdfInfo — document metadata

Replaces howtomakeaturn/pdfinfo with improved page dimension detection.

use Restruct\Xpdf\PdfInfo;

$info = PdfInfo::create('input.pdf');

// Basic metadata
$info->getTitle();
$info->getAuthor();
$info->getPageCount();
$info->getPdfVersion();
$info->getCreationDate();

// Page dimensions with paper size detection
$dims = $info->getPageDimensions();
$dims->width;       // 595 (points)
$dims->height;      // 842 (points)
$dims->standard;    // 'A4'
$dims->orientation; // 'portrait'
$dims->rotation;    // 0
$dims->nearestDIN;  // 'A4' or 'A3'

// All fields as array
$all = $info->getAll();

Restruct\Xpdf\PdfToPng — page rendering

use Restruct\Xpdf\PdfToPng;

// Render all pages
$files = PdfToPng::render('input.pdf', '/tmp/page', dpi: 240);
// ['/tmp/page-000001.png', '/tmp/page-000002.png', ...]

// Render single page
$file = PdfToPng::renderPage('input.pdf', 1, '/tmp/thumb', dpi: 72);

// Full control
$files = PdfToPng::create('input.pdf')
    ->resolution(300)
    ->pages(1, 10)
    ->gray()
    ->convert('/tmp/output');

Restruct\Xpdf\PdfImages — image extraction

use Restruct\Xpdf\PdfImages;

// Extract all images (JPEG where possible)
$files = PdfImages::extractAll('input.pdf', '/tmp/img');

// Extract unique images only
$files = PdfImages::extractUnique('input.pdf', '/tmp/img');

// List images without extracting
$list = PdfImages::list('input.pdf');
foreach ($list as $img) {
    echo "{$img['page']}: {$img['width']}x{$img['height']} {$img['color']} {$img['enc']}\n";
}

// Full control
$files = PdfImages::create('input.pdf')
    ->pages(1, 5)
    ->jpeg()
    ->unique()
    ->extract('/tmp/img');

Binary resolution

The bootstrap auto-detects the platform and sets XPDF_BIN_DIR:

1. XPDF_BIN_DIR constant (if already defined)
2. XPDF_BIN_DIR environment variable
3. macOS: bundled x64/mac/ binaries
4. Linux: bundled x64/linux/ binaries

Available binaries

All 9 xpdf tools are bundled: pdftotext, pdfinfo, pdffonts, pdfimages, pdftohtml, pdftopng, pdftoppm, pdftops, pdfdetach.

License

• Xpdf tools: GNU General Public License v2 (Copyright Glyph & Cog, LLC)
• Wrapper code: MIT (Copyright Restruct web & apps)