PHP file converter library for Zamzar

Easy to use PHP file conversion API with support for 1,100+ file conversions - convert documents, audio, images, video, eBooks and more. Use zamzar-php to convert files between different formats as part of your PHP application with the Zamzar file conversion API. Common use cases include:

• Convert Microsoft Word (DOCX, DOC) to PDF
• Extract text from PDF files
• Convert Powerpoint (PPT, PPTX) to JPG
• Archive email (MSG files) to PDF

This is the official PHP SDK for the Zamzar file conversion API.

Jump to:

• Requirements
• Installation
• Initialise the Zamzar Client
• Test the Connection
• Typical Usage
• Configure a Logger
• Resources

Requirements

• Before you begin, signup for a Zamzar API Account or retrieve your existing API Key from the Zamzar Developers Homepage
• PHP 7.2.34 and later.

Installation

You can install the bindings via Composer. Run the following command:

composer require zamzar/zamzar-php

To use the bindings, use Composer's autoload:

require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

Initialise the Zamzar Client

To initialise the client, declare a new ZamzarClient which accepts a string or config array:

// Connect to the Production API using an API Key
$zamzar = new \Zamzar\ZamzarClient('apikey');

To specify whether the client using the Production or Test API, use a Config array:

// Use the Production API
$zamzar = new \Zamzar\ZamzarClient([
    'api_key' => 'apiKey',
    'environment' => 'production'
]);


// Use the Sandbox API
$zamzar = new \Zamzar\ZamzarClient([
    'api_key' => 'apiKey',
    'environment' => 'sandbox'
]);

Test the Connection

To confirm your credentials are correct, test the connection to the API which will return a welcome message and confirm which API you are using (Production or Test).

echo $zamzar->testConnection();

Typical Usage

The most common requirement is to submit a job to convert a file, wait for the job to complete, download the converted files and delete the files on Zamzar servers.

// Submit the file
$job = $zamzar->jobs->create([
    'source_file' => 'path/to/local/file',
    'target_format' => 'xxx'
]);

// Wait for the job to complete (the default timeout is 60 seconds)
$job->waitForCompletion(30);

// Download the converted files 
$job->downloadTargetFiles('path/to/folder/');

// Delete the source and target files on Zamzar's servers
$job->deleteAllFiles();

The above use case might be applied when other things are happening in between each step, but if not, and you want to chain the whole thing together:

// Do the whole thing together
$job = $zamzar->jobs->create([
        'source_file' => 'path/to/localfile', 
        'target_format' => 'pdf'
    ])
    ->waitForCompletion(120)
    ->downloadTargetFiles('path/to/folder')
    ->deleteAllFiles();

Configure a Logger

The library does minimal logging, if the debug config option is used. Use either the supplied default logger or a psr-3 compatible logger.

$client = new Zamzar\ZamzarClient([
    'api_key' = '****',
    'debug' => true,
]);

// PSR-3 Compatible Logger
\Zamzar\Zamzar::setLogger($psr3Logger);

// Using Monolog
$logger = new Logger('Zamzar');
$logger->pushHandler(new StreamHandler(__DIR__.'/app.log', Logger::DEBUG));
\Zamzar\Zamzar::setLogger($logger);

Resources

Code Samples - Copy/Paste from examples which demonstrate all key areas of functionality.

Exceptions Handling - Learn more about API Error Codes.

Developer Docs - For more information about API operations, parameters, and responses. Use this if you need additional context on all areas of functionality.