qdequippe/phpdftk

PHP wrapper for pdftk

0.8.0 2025-05-24 16:38 UTC

Requires

• php: ^8.3
• symfony/process: ^7.2

Requires (Dev)

• friendsofphp/php-cs-fixer: ^3.75
• phpstan/extension-installer: ^1.4
• phpstan/phpstan: ^2.1
• phpstan/phpstan-phpunit: ^2.0
• phpunit/phpunit: ^12
• rector/rector: ^2.0

MIT

• Quentin Dequippe

README

PHP wrapper for PDFtk.

Inspired by Kevsoft.PDFtk and pypdftk.

Installation

To install, use composer:

composer require qdequippe/phpdftk

Requirements

• PDFtk Server installed (see below installation based on your OS)

Linux (Ubuntu)

See https://doc.ubuntu-fr.org/pdftk (similar on other distributions).

apt-get install pdftk

MacOS

brew install pdftk-java

Usage

For example, to fill input PDF’s form fields with the data from an FDF file or XFDF file.

$pdftk = new \Qdequippe\PHPDFtk\Pdftk();

$filledPdf = $pdftk->fillForm(
    pdfFilePath: 'path_to_pdf.pdf',
    formDataFilePath: 'path_to_form_data.fdf', // or XFDF file,
    flatten: true,
);

// $filledPdf = PDF filled with form data

Testing

./vendor/bin/phpunit

License

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

Resources

• https://doc.ubuntu-fr.org/pdftk
• https://www.pdflabs.com
• https://www.pdflabs.com/tools/pdftk-the-pdf-toolkit