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A zero-dependency PHP library for generating, parsing and converting documents — PDF, HTML, CSV, DOCX, XLSX, PPTX, Markdown and more.

Features

Generate documents from scratch (PDF, HTML, CSV, DOCX, XLSX, PPTX, Markdown)
Parse existing documents into a unified in-memory model
Convert between any supported formats in one call
Batch processing — open and process multiple files at once
Laravel integration — first-class ServiceProvider and Facade
AI-powered features via Neuron AI (OCR, LLM extraction)
Zero native binary dependencies — pure PHP

Requirements

Dependency	Version
PHP	^8.2
ext-dom	*
ext-mbstring	*
ext-zip	*
ext-zlib	*

Optional (Laravel)

Package	Version
illuminate/support	^11.0 \| ^12.0

Installation

composer require paperdoc-dev/paperdoc-lib

Laravel auto-discovery

The PaperdocServiceProvider and Paperdoc facade are registered automatically via Laravel's package auto-discovery.

Quick Start

Standalone PHP

use Paperdoc\Support\DocumentManager;

$manager = new DocumentManager();

// Create a PDF document
$doc = $manager->create('pdf', 'My Report');
$doc->addSection()
    ->addParagraph('Hello, Paperdoc!')
    ->setBold(true);

$manager->save($doc, 'output/report.pdf');

Laravel (via Facade)

use Paperdoc\Facades\Paperdoc;

// Create
$doc = Paperdoc::create('docx', 'Invoice #1042');
$doc->addSection()->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',
]);

Supported Formats

Format	Parse	Render/Generate
PDF	✅	✅
HTML	✅	✅
DOCX	✅	✅
XLSX	✅	✅
PPTX	✅	✅
CSV	✅	✅
Markdown	✅	✅
DOC	✅	✅
XLS	✅	✅
PPT	✅	✅

Document Model

Every format shares the same in-memory structure:

Document
└── Section[]
    ├── Paragraph (with TextRun[], bold, italic, font…)
    ├── Table → TableRow[] → TableCell[]
    ├── Image
    └── PageBreak

Styles are encapsulated in Document/Style/ and can be applied at the paragraph, run, or section level.

Configuration

Publish the config (Laravel):

php artisan vendor:publish --tag=paperdoc-config

This creates config/paperdoc.php where you can set the default format, text styles, storage paths, and AI/OCR settings.

Testing

composer test
# or
./vendor/bin/phpunit

Integration tests live in tests/Integration/, unit tests in tests/Unit/.

Architecture

src/
├── Concerns/          # Shared traits
├── Console/           # Artisan commands
├── Contracts/         # DocumentInterface, ParserInterface…
├── Document/          # Core model (Document, Section, Paragraph…)
├── Enum/              # Format enums
├── Facades/           # Laravel Facade
├── Factory/           # Document/Parser factories
├── Llm/               # AI/LLM integration (Neuron AI)
├── Ocr/               # OCR integration
├── Parsers/           # Format-specific parsers
├── Renderers/         # Format-specific renderers
├── Support/           # DocumentManager and helpers
└── PaperdocServiceProvider.php

Contributing

We welcome contributions! Please read CONTRIBUTING.md before opening a pull request.

Changelog

See CHANGELOG.md for release history.

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