PDF to CSV using PHP

The PHP library for extracting data from PDF documents to the CSV files.

PDF to CSV features

Extract tables from textual and scanned PDF documents to comma-separated values CSV files. The PHP SDK identifies bordered and border-less tabular structures within pdf documents and extracts these tables to a list of CSV formatted files.

File conversion library for PHP

ConvertAPI provides a PHP library that allows you to perform a PDF to CSV conversion with just a few lines of code. Convert PDF to CSV documents using PHP programming language with no effort at all!

        Execute the following command in your project root:
    
composer require convertapi/convertapi-php

Or install it manually using ConvertApi autoloader:

Following extensions are required: curl & json

require_once('/path/to/convertapi-php/lib/ConvertApi/autoload.php');

Composer GitHub

How To Convert PDF to CSV using PHP?

You can convert PDF to CSV in a few simple steps:

Obtain your secret key by signing up for a free account.
Install the ConvertAPI library for PHP
Set up the PDF to CSV conversion using our live demo tool
Copy-paste the auto-generated code snippet into your project!

PDF to CSV - complete code snippet for PHP

Once you have your authentication in place, simply copy-paste this pdf to csv conversion code snippet into your PHP project:

// Code snippet is using the ConvertAPI JavaScript Client: https://github.com/ConvertAPI/convertapi-js

// Code snippet is using the ConvertAPI Node.js Client: https://github.com/ConvertAPI/convertapi-nodejs

// Code snippet is using the ConvertAPI PHP Client: https://github.com/ConvertAPI/convertapi-php

// Code snippet is using the ConvertAPI Java Client: https://github.com/ConvertAPI/convertapi-java

// Code snippet is using the ConvertAPI C# Client: https://github.com/ConvertAPI/convertapi-dotnet

# Code snippet is using the ConvertAPI Ruby Client: https://github.com/ConvertAPI/convertapi-ruby

# Code snippet is using the ConvertAPI Python Client: https://github.com/ConvertAPI/convertapi-python

// Code snippet is using the ConvertAPI Go Client: https://github.com/ConvertAPI/convertapi-go

REM Code snippet is using the command line utility program: https://github.com/ConvertAPI/convertapi-cli

Try the conversion online - no coding required!

You can try out advanced conversion parameters and test the conversion result online using our interactive demo tool. This tool will produce the same conversion output as if you were using the library from your solution, and it will auto-generate the code snippet for you!

Try for FREE!

Conversion parameters

Password String

Sets the password to open protected documents.

PageRange String

Set page range. Example 1-10 or 1,2,5.

Delimiter String

Set fields separator.

EnableOcr Collection

Enable optical character recognition(OCR). Set the property to ALL to perform OCR on all pages and Scanned to perform OCR on scanned pages if PDF contains mixed pages - text and image pages.

Values: Scanned All None

OcrLanguage Collection

Set the OCR language. Ask support to add your language if missing.

Values: ca da nl fa de es en he pl pt ru sv tr lt