PHP code example of webcooking / zpl-to-image

1. Go to this page and download the library: Download webcooking/zpl-to-image 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/ */

webcooking / zpl-to-image example snippets


use Webcooking\ZplToImage\ZplToSvg;

$zplContent = file_get_contents('path/to/your/label.zpl');

// Default: Noto Sans font
$svgContent = ZplToSvg::convert($zplContent);

// Use IBM VGA font
$svgContent = ZplToSvg::convert($zplContent, 4.0, 6.0, 300, 'ibm-vga');

// Use your own custom font
$svgContent = ZplToSvg::convert($zplContent, 4.0, 6.0, 300, '/path/to/your/font.ttf');

// Save to file
file_put_contents('output.svg', $svgContent);

// View SVG in browser or convert to PNG with ImageMagick:
// convert -density 300 -background white output.svg output.png


use Webcooking\ZplToImage\ZplToGdImage;

$zplContent = file_get_contents('path/to/your/label.zpl');

// Convert to GDImage with default font (Noto Sans)
$image = ZplToGdImage::convert($zplContent);
imagepng($image, 'output.png');
imagedestroy($image);

// With custom parameters and font
$image = ZplToGdImage::convert(
    $zplContent,
    4.0,           // width in inches
    6.0,           // height in inches
    300,           // DPI
    'ibm-vga'      // font: 'noto', 'ibm-vga', or '/path/to/font.ttf'
);
imagepng($image, 'output.png');
imagedestroy($image);


use Webcooking\ZplToImage\ZplToGdImage;

$zplContent = file_get_contents('path/to/your/label.zpl');

// Save directly as PNG (best quality)
ZplToGdImage::toPng(
    $zplContent,
    'output.png',  // output path
    4.0,           // width in inches
    6.0,           // height in inches
    300,           // DPI
    'noto',        // font renderer
    9              // PNG compression (0-9, 9=max)
);

// Save directly as JPEG
ZplToGdImage::toJpeg(
    $zplContent,
    'output.jpg',  // output path
    4.0,           // width in inches
    6.0,           // height in inches
    300,           // DPI
    'noto',        // font renderer
    90             // JPEG quality (0-100)
);

// Just get SVG string (no rasterization)
$svg = ZplToGdImage::toSvg($zplContent, 4.0, 6.0, 300, 'noto');
file_put_contents('output.svg', $svg);


use Webcooking\ZplToImage\ZplToImagick;

$imagick = ZplToImagick::convert($zplContent, 4.0, 6.0, 300, 'noto');
// Save as PNG/JPEG using Imagick methods
$imagick->writeImage('output_imagick.png');
$imagick->setImageFormat('jpeg');
$imagick->setImageCompressionQuality(90);
$imagick->writeImage('output_imagick.jpg');
$imagick->clear();
$imagick->destroy();