PHP code example of imal-h / pdf-box

1. Go to this page and download the library: Download imal-h/pdf-box library. Choose the download type require.

2. Extract the ZIP file and open the index.php.

3. Add this code to the index.php.

    
        
<?php
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

/* Start to develop here. Best regards https://php-download.com/ */

imal-h / pdf-box example snippets


use ImalH\PDFLib\PDF;

// From HTML String
PDF::init()
    ->driver(PDF::DRIVER_CHROME)
    ->convertFromHtml('<h1>Hello World</h1>', 'output.pdf');

// From URL (Coming Soon)
// PDF::init()->driver(PDF::DRIVER_CHROME)->fromUrl('https://google.com')->save('output.pdf');


use ImalH\PDFLib\PDF;

PDF::init()
    ->driver(PDF::DRIVER_OPENSSL)
    ->from('contract.pdf')
    ->sign('certificate.crt', 'private_key.pem', 'signed_contract.pdf', [
        'info' => [
            'Name' => 'John Doe',
            'Location' => 'Colombo, LK',
            'Reason' => 'Digital Contract Signature'
        ],
        // New in v3.2: Visual Signature with Relative Positioning
        'image' => 'signature.png',
        'page' => 1,
        'x' => ($pdf->getPageDimensions(1)['w'] - 60) / 2, // Center X
        'y' => 250,
        'w' => 60,
        'h' => 30
    ]);


use ImalH\PDFLib\Laravel\Facades\PDF;

// The driver is automatically configured from config/pdflib.php
PDF::from('upload.pdf')->ocr('output.txt');


PDF::init()
    ->driver(PDF::DRIVER_TESSERACT)
    ->from('scanned_doc.pdf') // Automatically converts PDF to Image internally
    ->ocr('extracted_text');


PDF::init()
    ->driver(PDF::DRIVER_GHOSTSCRIPT)
    ->from('invoice.pdf')
    ->redact('Confidential', 'clean_invoice.pdf');


use ImalH\PDFLib\PDF;

// 1. Inspect Fields (Optional)
$fields = PDF::init()->driver(PDF::DRIVER_PDFTK)->getFormFields('form_template.pdf');
// returns ['full_name', 'date', ...]

// 2. Fill Form
PDF::init()
    ->driver(PDF::DRIVER_PDFTK)
    ->from('form_template.pdf')
    ->fillForm([
        'full_name' => 'Imal Perera',
        'date' => '2025-01-01'
    ], 'filled_form.pdf');


use ImalH\PDFLib\PDF;

// Convert PDF Page 1 to JPEG
PDF::init()
    ->driver(PDF::DRIVER_GHOSTSCRIPT)
    ->from('document.pdf')
    ->to('output_folder')
    ->convert();


use ImalH\PDFLib\PDFLib; // Legacy Class

$pdfLib = new PDFLib();
$pdfLib->setPdfPath("document.pdf")
       ->setOutputPath("output_folder")
       ->convert();


PDF::init()
    ->from('source.pdf')
    ->from('source.pdf')
    ->encrypt('userPass', 'ownerPass', 'processed.pdf');

bash
php artisan vendor:publish --tag=pdflib-config