Hello world, hello phppdf

[waltertamboer]

We're excited to share the first public release of phppdf, a pure PHP library for creating and processing PDF files, covering both document generation (fluent builder API) and parsing/editing existing PDFs.

What it does:

• Build PDFs from scratch with a fluent content stream API (paths, text, images, gradients, transformations)
• Higher-level helpers for text flow, tables, barcodes, QR codes, and SVG rendering
• Parse, extract content from, and modify existing PDF files
• No Composer dependencies beyond standard PHP extensions

To install the development version, run:

composer require phppdf/phppdf:dev-master

Docs: https://phppdf.github.io/phppdf/

A note on versioning:
We're deliberately not tagging an official release yet. We want to run this in the wild for a while and gather feedback from the community first, so we can shake out issues and refine the API before committing to a stable v1.

All participation is welcome. Bug reports, feature requests, questions, PRs, or just trying it out and telling us how it went. Whatever feedback you have helps shape where this goes next.

Thanks for checking it out!