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Piima

A, really, simple utility for working with PDF files.

For now it can do 2 distinct things (see public methods):

1. Convert any page of a PDF file to an image
2. Calculate the total pages of a PDF file

Dependencies

The package is dependent on ghostscript

Public methods

public static extractImage(string $pdf, string $image, int $page = 1, bool $silent = FALSE) : bool

// Creates an image from the first page of the pdf file 
// and returns `TRUE` or FALSE or throws an exception 
$thumbnailCreated = Piima::extractImage($pdf, $image);

// Creates an image from the 5th page of the pdf file 
// and returns `TRUE` or FALSE or throws an exception 
$thumbnailCreated = Piima::extractImage($pdf, $image, 5);

// Creates an image from the 5th page of the pdf file 
// and returns `TRUE` or `FALSE` without throwing an exception
$thumbnailCreated = Piima::extractImage($pdf, $image, 5, TRUE);

public static calculateTotalPages(string $pdf, bool $silent = FALSE): int

// Calculates total page of PDF file as an integer
// and returns it or throws an exception
Piima::calculateTotalPages($pdf);

// Calculates total page of PDF file as an integer
// and returns it without throwing an exception
Piima::calculateTotalPages($pdf, TRUE);