PHP code example of paperdoc-dev / paperdoc-lib

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

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

    

paperdoc-dev / paperdoc-lib example snippets

use Paperdoc\Support\DocumentManager;
use Paperdoc\Document\Style\TextStyle;

$doc = DocumentManager::create('pdf', 'My Report');

$doc->openSection()
    ->addParagraph('Hello, Paperdoc!', TextStyle::make()->setBold());

DocumentManager::save($doc, 'output/report.pdf');

use Paperdoc\Facades\Paperdoc;

// Create
$doc = Paperdoc::create('docx', 'Invoice #1042');
$doc->openSection()->addParagraph('Amount due: $500');
Paperdoc::save($doc, storage_path('invoices/1042.docx'));

// Parse an existing file
$doc = Paperdoc::open('uploads/report.xlsx');

// Convert directly
Paperdoc::convert('report.docx', 'report.pdf', 'pdf');

// Render as string
$html = Paperdoc::renderAs($doc, 'html');

// Batch open
$docs = Paperdoc::openBatch([
    'file1.pdf',
    'file2.docx',
    'file3.xlsx',
]);

use Paperdoc\Document\{Document, Section, Metadata, ListBlock};
use Paperdoc\Document\Style\TextStyle;

$doc = Document::make('md', 'Release notes v0.5.0')
    ->setProperties(
        Metadata::make()
            ->setAuthor('Alice')
            ->setKeywords('release, changelog, paperdoc')
            ->setLanguage('en-US')
    );

$section = $doc->openSection();

$section->addElement(\Paperdoc\Document\Heading::make('Getting started', 2, 'intro'));

$section->addBulletList()
    ->addText('Install the library')
    ->addText('Run the quick start')
    ->addText('Read the docs');

$section->addCodeBlock("composer 

use Paperdoc\Document\{Image, Section};
use Paperdoc\Document\Style\PageSetup;
use Paperdoc\Enum\PageSize;

$cover = Section::make('cover')->setPageSetup(
    PageSetup::fromSize(PageSize::A4)
        ->setPadding(0)                                // 1, 2, 3 or 4 values (CSS shorthand)
        ->setBackgroundImage(Image::make('cover.jpg')) // full-bleed image
);

$body = Section::make('body')->setPageSetup(
    PageSetup::fromSize(PageSize::A4, PageSetup::ORIENTATION_LANDSCAPE)
        ->setPadding(50)
        ->setBackgroundColor('#F8F5EC')                // solid color
);

$square = Section::make('back-cover')->setPageSetup(
    PageSetup::custom(500, 500)                        // any width × height in pt
        ->setBackgroundImage(Image::make('back.jpg'))
);

use Paperdoc\Document\Style\PageSetup;

$page->setPageSetup(
    PageSetup::fromSize(PageSize::A4)
        ->setBackgroundImage(Image::make('hero.jpg'))
        ->setBackgroundSize(PageSetup::BG_SIZE_COVER)   // default
);

use Paperdoc\Document\TextZone;
use Paperdoc\Document\Style\{ParagraphStyle, TextStyle};
use Paperdoc\Enum\Alignment;

$cover->addTextZone(x: 40, y: 40, width: 515, height: 90)
    ->setBackgroundColor('#0B1437')
    ->setBorder('#FFFFFF', 0.8)
    ->setPadding(16)
    ->addText(
        'Paperdoc — Cover title',
        TextStyle::make()->setBold()->setFontSize(20)->setColor('#FFFFFF'),
        ParagraphStyle::make()->setAlignment(Alignment::LEFT),
    );

// Long lorem with the ellipsis strategy: text is truncated to fit
// exactly the visible height and the last visible line ends with "…".
$cover->addTextZone(x: 40, y: 160, width: 250, height: 260)
    ->setPadding(12)
    ->setBackgroundColor('#FFFFFF')
    ->setBorder('#1F2937', 0.5)
    ->setOverflow(TextZone::OVERFLOW_ELLIPSIS)
    ->addText($veryLongText,
        TextStyle::make()->setFontSize(10)->setColor('#111827'),
        ParagraphStyle::make()->setLineSpacing(1.25),
    );

use Paperdoc\Enum\Alignment;

$zone = $page->addTextZone(40, 80, 515, 380)
    ->setBackgroundColor('#FFFFFF')
    ->setOverflow(TextZone::OVERFLOW_ELLIPSIS);

$zone->addText('Quarterly report',
    TextStyle::make()->setBold()->setFontSize(18),
    ParagraphStyle::make()->setAlignment(Alignment::CENTER));

$zone->addText($longLorem,
    TextStyle::make()->setFontSize(11),
    ParagraphStyle::make()->setAlignment(Alignment::JUSTIFY)->setLineSpacing(1.3));

$zone->addText('— J. Doe',
    TextStyle::make()->setItalic(),
    ParagraphStyle::make()->setAlignment(Alignment::RIGHT));

use Paperdoc\Document\Style\{RunningElement, TextStyle};
use Paperdoc\Enum\Alignment;
use Paperdoc\Support\DocumentManager;

$doc = DocumentManager::create('pdf', 'Quarterly report');

$doc->setHeader(
    RunningElement::make('{title}')
        ->setAlignment(Alignment::LEFT)
        ->setStyle(TextStyle::make()->setFontSize(9)->setItalic()->setColor('#FFFFFF'))
);

$doc->setFooter(
    RunningElement::make('Page {page} / {pages}  ·  {date}')
        ->setAlignment(Alignment::CENTER)
        ->setStyle(TextStyle::make()->setFontSize(9)->setColor('#FFFFFF'))
);

use Paperdoc\Document\Style\RunningElement;

// Document-level: every page gets this footer by default.
$doc->setFooter(RunningElement::make('Page {page} / {pages}'));

// Cover page: NO footer at all.
$cover = $doc->openSection('cover')->hideFooter();

// Body pages: inherit the document footer.
$body = $doc->openSection('body');
// (nothing to do — automatic fallback)

// Colophon: per-section override.
$colophon = $doc->openSection('colophon')
    ->setFooter(RunningElement::make('— Fin —'));

use Paperdoc\Enum\VerticalAlignment;

$opener = $doc->openSection('chapter-1-opener')
    ->setPageSize(PageSize::A5)
    ->setVerticalAlignment(VerticalAlignment::CENTER);
$opener->addText('CHAPITRE 1', TextStyle::make()->setFontSize(10)->setColor('#888'));
$opener->addText('Le Signal sur le Balcon', TextStyle::make()->setFontSize(28)->setBold());

$colophon = $doc->openSection('colophon')
    ->setVerticalAlignment(VerticalAlignment::BOTTOM);
$colophon->addText('© 2026 — All rights reserved.');

$frontispiece = $doc->openSection('frontispiece')
    ->setPageSize(PageSize::A5)
    ->setPagePaddingTop(110.0)
    ->setPagePaddingBottom(60.0);
$frontispiece->addText('La Lumière des Autres', TextStyle::make()->setFontSize(32)->setBold());

use Paperdoc\Document\Style\ParagraphStyle;

$body = ParagraphStyle::make()
    ->setLineSpacing(1.4)
    ->setFirstLineIndent(18.0); // ~6mm — classic book body indent

$paragraph->setStyle($body);

use Paperdoc\Document\Style\TextStyle;

$eyebrow = TextStyle::make()
    ->setFontSize(10)
    ->setBold()
    ->setColor('#888')
    ->setLetterSpacing(2.0); // wide tracking for the eyebrow

$paragraph->addRun(new TextRun('CHAPITRE PREMIER', $eyebrow));

use Paperdoc\Document\HorizontalRule;
use Paperdoc\Enum\Alignment;

// Quick: full-width default-styled rule.
$section->addRule();

// Customised: 50%-width centred grey hairline.
$section->addRule()
    ->setWidth('50%')
    ->setThickness(0.75)
    ->setColor('#aaaaaa')
    ->setAlignment(Alignment::CENTER)
    ->setMargins(8.0, 12.0);

// Pure absolute pt width.
$section->addRule()->setWidth(140.0)->setColor('#1F3763');

use Paperdoc\Exceptions\PaperdocException;

try {
    $doc = Paperdoc::open('report.docx');
} catch (PaperdocException $e) {
    // Any Paperdoc error ends up here.
}

use Paperdoc\Support\DocumentManager;
use Paperdoc\Document\Section;
use Paperdoc\Document\Link\TextLink;

$doc = DocumentManager::create('md', 'Release notes');
$section = Section::make('main');

$section->addText(
    'See the full changelog',
    null,
    TextLink::make('https://github.com/paperdoc-dev/paperdoc-lib/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md', '', 'Changelog')
);

$doc->addSection($section);
echo DocumentManager::renderAs($doc, 'md');
// [See the full changelog](https://github.com/paperdoc-dev/paperdoc-lib/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md "Changelog")

use Paperdoc\Support\DocumentManager;

// <w:hyperlink r:id="…"> elements are parsed and attached to their TextRun
$doc = DocumentManager::open('report.docx');

// Links are rendered as safe [label](url) — labels with ] and URLs with spaces
// or parentheses are escaped/wrapped automatically.
file_put_contents('report.md', DocumentManager::renderAs($doc, 'md'));