murkrow / pdf-utils

1.0.1 2026-10-02 20:34 UTC

Requires

• php: ^8.2
• illuminate/contracts: ^12.0 || ^13.0
• illuminate/support: ^12.0 || ^13.0
• laravel/framework: ^12.0 || ^13.0
• spatie/temporary-directory: ^2.2

Requires (Dev)

• orchestra/testbench: ^10.0 || ^11.0
• pestphp/pest: ^3.0
• pestphp/pest-plugin-laravel: ^3.0

MIT

• murkrow

• pdf
• laravel
• pdf-utils
• popper-utils
• murkrow

Published on Packagist.org on 2026-10-02 20:34 UTC

README

A wrapper for poppler-utils for your Laravel project

Compatibility

Package version	Laravel version	PHP version
1.x	12.x – 13.x	^8.2

Prerequisites

Ensure to have poppler-utils installed on your system. You can install it with the following command:

sudo apt-get install poppler-utils

or if you are using a Mac:

brew install poppler

Installation

You can install the package via composer:

composer require murkrow/pdf-utils

You can publish the config file with:

php artisan vendor:publish --provider="Murkrow\PdfUtils\PdfUtilsServiceProvider"

Usage

Convert PDF to text

use Murkrow\PdfUtils\Services\ParsePdfTextService;
ParsePdfTextService::create()
        ->setInputFile("example.pdf")
        ->flattenText(false)
        ->execute()
        ->getOperationResult()

Merge multiple PDFs into one

use Murkrow\PdfUtils\Services\MergePdfService;
MergePdfService::create()
        ->setInputFiles(["1.pdf", "2.pdf"])
        ->addInputFile("3.pdf")
        ->setOutputFile("123.pdf")
        ->execute();

Split PDF into multiple PDFs

use Murkrow\PdfUtils\Services\SplitPdfService;
SplitPdfService::create()
        ->setInputFile("123.pdf")
        ->setOutputFilesDirectory("splitting")
        ->fromPage(1)
        ->toPage(3)
        ->setOutputFileNamePrefix("output")
        ->execute();

Extract page range from PDF

use Murkrow\PdfUtils\Services\ExtractPdfPageRangeService;
ExtractPdfPageRangeService::create()
    ->fromPage(1)
    ->toPage(2)
    ->setInputFile('big.pdf')
    ->setOutputFile('subset.pdf')
    ->execute();
        

Get PDF info (incomplete)

use Murkrow\PdfUtils\Services\GetPdfInfoService;
$result = GetPdfInfoService::create()
        ->setInputFile("123.pdf")
        ->execute();

dd($result->pages);

Testing

vendor/bin/pest

Contributing

Contributions are welcome, you are free to open a PR or an issue.

Changelog

Please see CHANGELOG for more information on what has changed recently.

License

The MIT License (MIT). Please see License File for more information.