jorisros/idml-lib

A php library to read Indesign IDML files

v0.1 2020-07-18 09:22 UTC

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Last update: 2024-10-29 16:47:53 UTC


README

Installation

Requirements

  • PHP 7.2 or higher
  • SimpleXML extension

Composer

Inside your project execute the following command

composer require jorisros/idml-lib

This got the latest released version and installed it into your vendor directory.

Run example

Show example in browser

php -S localhost:3000 -t example/

Go in your browser to http://localhost:3000/example_1.php

Example code for reading a IDML file

<?php 

// Load library
require_once __DIR__ . '/../vendor/autoload.php';

// Location of IDML file
$file = new \JorisRos\IDMLlib\IDMLfile('../tests/assets/example.idml');

$idml = new \JorisRos\IDMLlib\IDMLlib($file);

// Recieve tags from who are defined in Indesign
$tags = $idml->getContentTags();

// Read content from tag `dynamic_content`
$content = $idml->getContentByTagName('dynamic_content');

echo $content;
// Idea for how it should be working in the future, for creating personalized content
$idml = new \JorisRos\IDMLlib\IDMLlib($file);
$masterSpread = $idml->getMasterSpread();
$idml->addPage($masterSpread, ['tag', 'Tag replace content']);
$idml->saveAs('/tmp/test.idml'); 

Reference documentation

IDML

See more documentation: https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.173.8853&rep=rep1&type=pdf

Or in the docs directory.

Relax NG Compact Syntax

https://relaxng.org/compact-tutorial-20030326.html