mikehaertl/php-pdftk

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What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

A PHP library wrapping the pdftk command-line tool to fill PDF forms, merge/split PDFs, and manage passwords and metadata. It converts between PHP arrays and XFDF/FDF form data with UTF-8 support.

Use cases

• fill pdf forms from php
• merge multiple pdf files into one
• split a pdf into single pages
• create fdf or xfdf files from php arrays
• set or remove pdf passwords and permissions
• read pdf form field metadata
• add background or overlay to a pdf

When to choose

• you need to programmatically fill or flatten PDF forms in PHP
• you want to concatenate, split, or stamp PDFs from a web app
• you need UTF-8-safe XFDF/FDF generation
• you already have pdftk installed on the server

When to avoid

• you cannot install the pdftk binary on your system
• you need pure-PHP PDF generation without external binaries
• you are stuck with pdftk 1.x and need 2.x-only features
• you run pdftk from snap on Ubuntu and cannot change the temp directory

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