# khanamiryan/php-qrcode-detector-decoder

This is a PHP library to detect and decode QR-codes. This is first and only QR code reader that works without extensions.

Repository: https://github.com/khanamiryan/php-qrcode-detector-decoder
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/php-qrcode-detector-decoder
Language: PHP
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: decode-qr-codes, php-library, reader, decoder
Last push: 2025-07-10T12:54:21+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 37/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 31, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4084, "days_push": 419, "days_rel": 419, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 1}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1412, forks 321 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:39.040686+00:00)

## What it is
A pure PHP library for detecting and decoding QR codes from images, ported from the ZXing library. It works without any PHP extensions beyond the GD library.

## Use cases
- decode qr codes from images in php
- read qr code text from a photo
- scan qr codes without installing extensions
- extract data from qr code images in a web app
- php qr code reader library

## When to choose
- you need QR decoding in a PHP project without native extensions
- you want a Composer-installable pure-PHP QR reader
- you're porting ZXing-based QR workflows to PHP

## When to avoid
- you need high-throughput or real-time QR scanning
- you need to decode barcode formats other than QR codes
- your stack is not PHP

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: active
- function: image-processing, computer-vision, parser
- domain: computer-vision, image-processing, developer-tools
- platform: php, cross-platform
- tags: qr-code, qr-decoder, zxing-port, barcode

## Member repositories
- khanamiryan/php-qrcode-detector-decoder (main) score 37

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:39.040686+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T04:38:20.801307+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/khanamiryan/php-qrcode-detector-decoder (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:39.040686+00:00, sha 8bcdfdbcedf8)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.