Merge PDF files

This is wrapper for pdfbox (https://pdfbox.apache.org/).

Install

1. Install java:

   $ sudo apt install default-jre
   

2. Install applicationpdfbox from official site https://pdfbox.apache.org/download.cgi .

   $ sudo mkdir -p /usr/local/share/java
   $ sudo mkdir -p /usr/local/bin
   $ cd /usr/local/share/java
   $ sudo wget 'http://apache-mirror.rbc.ru/pub/apache/pdfbox/2.0.6/pdfbox-app-2.0.6.jar'
   $ sudo ln -s pdfbox-app-2.0.6.jar pdfbox-app.jar
   

   Create file /usr/local/bin/pdfbox:

   #!/bin/bash
   java -jar '/usr/local/share/java/pdfbox-app.jar' $@
   

   Edit file permission:

   $ sudo chmod 755 /usr/local/bin/pdfbox
   

3. Install package:

$ composer require issidorov/merge-pdf

Example

use issidorov\mergePdf\MergePdf;

$pdf = new MergePdf([
    $filename1,
    $filename2,
    $filename3
]);

$pdf->appendFile($filename);

$pdf->writeToFile($filename);
$filename = $pdf->writeToTmpFile();