This page contains various examples of using the PDF to HTML API in PHP. The examples are complete and fully functional. Read more about how to convert PDF to HTML in PHP.
<?php require "pdfcrowd.php"; try { // create the API client instance $client = new \Pdfcrowd\PdfToHtmlClient("demo", "ce544b6ea52a5621fb9d55f8b542d14d"); // run the conversion and write the result to a file $client->convertFileToFile("/path/to/logo.pdf", "logo.html"); } catch(\Pdfcrowd\Error $why) { error_log("Pdfcrowd Error: {$why}\n"); throw $why; } ?>
<?php require "pdfcrowd.php"; try { // create the API client instance $client = new \Pdfcrowd\PdfToHtmlClient("demo", "ce544b6ea52a5621fb9d55f8b542d14d"); // run the conversion and store the result into the "html" variable $html = $client->convertFile("/path/to/logo.pdf"); // at this point the "html" variable contains HTML raw data and // can be sent in an HTTP response, saved to a file, etc. } catch(\Pdfcrowd\Error $why) { error_log("Pdfcrowd Error: {$why}\n"); throw $why; } ?>
<?php require "pdfcrowd.php"; try { // create the API client instance $client = new \Pdfcrowd\PdfToHtmlClient("demo", "ce544b6ea52a5621fb9d55f8b542d14d"); // create an output stream for the conversion result $output_stream = fopen("logo.html", "wb"); // check for a file creation error if (!$output_stream) throw new \Exception(error_get_last()['message']); // run the conversion and write the result into the output stream $client->convertFileToStream("/path/to/logo.pdf", $output_stream); // close the output stream fclose($output_stream); } catch(\Pdfcrowd\Error $why) { error_log("Pdfcrowd Error: {$why}\n"); throw $why; } ?>
<?php require "pdfcrowd.php"; try { // create the API client instance $client = new \Pdfcrowd\PdfToHtmlClient("demo", "ce544b6ea52a5621fb9d55f8b542d14d"); // run the conversion and write the result to a file $client->convertUrlToFile("https://pdfcrowd.com/static/pdf/apisamples/invoice.pdf", "invoice.html"); } catch(\Pdfcrowd\Error $why) { error_log("Pdfcrowd Error: {$why}\n"); throw $why; } ?>
<?php require "pdfcrowd.php"; try { // create the API client instance $client = new \Pdfcrowd\PdfToHtmlClient("demo", "ce544b6ea52a5621fb9d55f8b542d14d"); // run the conversion and store the result into the "html" variable $html = $client->convertUrl("https://pdfcrowd.com/static/pdf/apisamples/invoice.pdf"); // at this point the "html" variable contains HTML raw data and // can be sent in an HTTP response, saved to a file, etc. } catch(\Pdfcrowd\Error $why) { error_log("Pdfcrowd Error: {$why}\n"); throw $why; } ?>
<?php require "pdfcrowd.php"; try { // create the API client instance $client = new \Pdfcrowd\PdfToHtmlClient("demo", "ce544b6ea52a5621fb9d55f8b542d14d"); // create an output stream for the conversion result $output_stream = fopen("invoice.html", "wb"); // check for a file creation error if (!$output_stream) throw new \Exception(error_get_last()['message']); // run the conversion and write the result into the output stream $client->convertUrlToStream("https://pdfcrowd.com/static/pdf/apisamples/invoice.pdf", $output_stream); // close the output stream fclose($output_stream); } catch(\Pdfcrowd\Error $why) { error_log("Pdfcrowd Error: {$why}\n"); throw $why; } ?>
<?php require "pdfcrowd.php"; try { // create the API client instance $client = new \Pdfcrowd\PdfToHtmlClient("demo", "ce544b6ea52a5621fb9d55f8b542d14d"); // run the conversion and write the result to a file $client->convertRawDataToFile(file_get_contents("/path/to/hello_world.pdf"), "logo.html"); } catch(\Pdfcrowd\Error $why) { error_log("Pdfcrowd Error: {$why}\n"); throw $why; } ?>
<?php require "pdfcrowd.php"; try { // create the API client instance $client = new \Pdfcrowd\PdfToHtmlClient("demo", "ce544b6ea52a5621fb9d55f8b542d14d"); // run the conversion and store the result into the "html" variable $html = $client->convertRawData(file_get_contents("/path/to/hello_world.pdf")); // at this point the "html" variable contains HTML raw data and // can be sent in an HTTP response, saved to a file, etc. } catch(\Pdfcrowd\Error $why) { error_log("Pdfcrowd Error: {$why}\n"); throw $why; } ?>
<?php require "pdfcrowd.php"; try { // create the API client instance $client = new \Pdfcrowd\PdfToHtmlClient("demo", "ce544b6ea52a5621fb9d55f8b542d14d"); // create an output stream for the conversion result $output_stream = fopen("logo.html", "wb"); // check for a file creation error if (!$output_stream) throw new \Exception(error_get_last()['message']); // run the conversion and write the result into the output stream $client->convertRawDataToStream(file_get_contents("/path/to/hello_world.pdf"), $output_stream); // close the output stream fclose($output_stream); } catch(\Pdfcrowd\Error $why) { error_log("Pdfcrowd Error: {$why}\n"); throw $why; } ?>
<?php require "pdfcrowd.php"; try { // create the API client instance $client = new \Pdfcrowd\PdfToHtmlClient("demo", "ce544b6ea52a5621fb9d55f8b542d14d"); // configure the conversion $client->setDebugLog(true); // run the conversion and write the result to a file $client->convertFileToFile("/path/to/logo.pdf", "logo.html"); // print URL of the debug log echo "Debug log url: " . $client->getDebugLogUrl() . "\n"; // print the number of conversion credits remaining in your account echo "Remaining credit count: " . $client->getRemainingCreditCount() . "\n"; // print the number of credits used for the conversion echo "Consumed credit count: " . $client->getConsumedCreditCount() . "\n"; // print the unique identifier for the conversion echo "Job id: " . $client->getJobId() . "\n"; // print total number of pages in the output document echo "Page count: " . $client->getPageCount() . "\n"; // print size of the output data in bytes echo "Output size: " . $client->getOutputSize() . "\n"; } catch(\Pdfcrowd\Error $why) { error_log("Pdfcrowd Error: {$why}\n"); throw $why; } ?>
<?php require 'pdfcrowd.php'; // the recommended method is POST if($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] == 'POST') { try { // create the API client instance $client = new \Pdfcrowd\PdfToHtmlClient("demo", "ce544b6ea52a5621fb9d55f8b542d14d"); // run the conversion $html = $client->convertFile("/path/to/logo.pdf"); // set HTTP response headers header("Content-Type: text/html"); header("Cache-Control: no-cache"); header("Accept-Ranges: none"); header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename*=UTF-8''" . rawurlencode("logo.html")); echo $html; } catch(\Pdfcrowd\Error $why) { // report the error header("Content-Type: text/plain"); http_response_code($why->getCode()); echo "Pdfcrowd Error: {$why}"; } } ?>
<?php require 'pdfcrowd.php'; // the recommended method is POST if($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] == 'POST') { try { // create the API client instance $client = new \Pdfcrowd\PdfToHtmlClient("demo", "ce544b6ea52a5621fb9d55f8b542d14d"); // run the conversion $html = $client->convertUrl("https://pdfcrowd.com/static/pdf/apisamples/invoice.pdf"); // set HTTP response headers header("Content-Type: text/html"); header("Cache-Control: no-cache"); header("Accept-Ranges: none"); header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename*=UTF-8''" . rawurlencode("invoice.html")); echo $html; } catch(\Pdfcrowd\Error $why) { // report the error header("Content-Type: text/plain"); http_response_code($why->getCode()); echo "Pdfcrowd Error: {$why}"; } } ?>
<?php require 'pdfcrowd.php'; // the recommended method is POST if($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] == 'POST') { try { // create the API client instance $client = new \Pdfcrowd\PdfToHtmlClient("demo", "ce544b6ea52a5621fb9d55f8b542d14d"); // run the conversion $html = $client->convertRawData(file_get_contents("/path/to/hello_world.pdf")); // set HTTP response headers header("Content-Type: text/html"); header("Cache-Control: no-cache"); header("Accept-Ranges: none"); header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename*=UTF-8''" . rawurlencode("logo.html")); echo $html; } catch(\Pdfcrowd\Error $why) { // report the error header("Content-Type: text/plain"); http_response_code($why->getCode()); echo "Pdfcrowd Error: {$why}"; } } ?>
<?php // the recommended method is POST Route::post('/', function () { try { // create the API client instance $client = new \Pdfcrowd\PdfToHtmlClient("demo", "ce544b6ea52a5621fb9d55f8b542d14d"); // run the conversion and store the result into the "html" variable $html = $client->convertFile("/path/to/logo.pdf"); // send the result and set HTTP response headers return response($html) ->header("Content-Type", "text/html") ->header("Cache-Control", "no-cache") ->header("Accept-Ranges", "none") ->header("Content-Disposition", "attachment; filename*=UTF-8''" . rawurlencode("logo.html")); } catch(\Pdfcrowd\Error $why) { // send the error in the HTTP response return response($why->getMessage(), $why->getCode()) ->header("Content-Type", "text/plain"); } }); ?>
<?php // the recommended method is POST Route::post('/', function () { try { // create the API client instance $client = new \Pdfcrowd\PdfToHtmlClient("demo", "ce544b6ea52a5621fb9d55f8b542d14d"); // run the conversion and store the result into the "html" variable $html = $client->convertUrl("https://pdfcrowd.com/static/pdf/apisamples/invoice.pdf"); // send the result and set HTTP response headers return response($html) ->header("Content-Type", "text/html") ->header("Cache-Control", "no-cache") ->header("Accept-Ranges", "none") ->header("Content-Disposition", "attachment; filename*=UTF-8''" . rawurlencode("invoice.html")); } catch(\Pdfcrowd\Error $why) { // send the error in the HTTP response return response($why->getMessage(), $why->getCode()) ->header("Content-Type", "text/plain"); } }); ?>
<?php // the recommended method is POST Route::post('/', function () { try { // create the API client instance $client = new \Pdfcrowd\PdfToHtmlClient("demo", "ce544b6ea52a5621fb9d55f8b542d14d"); // run the conversion and store the result into the "html" variable $html = $client->convertRawData(file_get_contents("/path/to/hello_world.pdf")); // send the result and set HTTP response headers return response($html) ->header("Content-Type", "text/html") ->header("Cache-Control", "no-cache") ->header("Accept-Ranges", "none") ->header("Content-Disposition", "attachment; filename*=UTF-8''" . rawurlencode("logo.html")); } catch(\Pdfcrowd\Error $why) { // send the error in the HTTP response return response($why->getMessage(), $why->getCode()) ->header("Content-Type", "text/plain"); } }); ?>
<?php namespace App\Controller; use Symfony\Component\Routing\Annotation\Route; use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Response; class DemoController { /** * @Route("/", methods={"POST"}) * the recommended method is POST */ public function convert() { try { // create the API client instance $client = new \Pdfcrowd\PdfToHtmlClient("demo", "ce544b6ea52a5621fb9d55f8b542d14d"); // run the conversion and store the result into the "html" variable $html = $client->convertFile("/path/to/logo.pdf"); // send the result and set HTTP response headers return new Response( $html, Response::HTTP_OK, ["Content-Type" => "text/html", "Cache-Control" => "no-cache", "Accept-Ranges" => "none", "Content-Disposition" => "attachment; filename*=UTF-8''" . rawurlencode("logo.html")]); } catch(\Pdfcrowd\Error $why) { // send the error in the HTTP response return new Response($why->getMessage(), $why->getCode(), ["Content-Type" => "text/plain"]); } } }
<?php namespace App\Controller; use Symfony\Component\Routing\Annotation\Route; use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Response; class DemoController { /** * @Route("/", methods={"POST"}) * the recommended method is POST */ public function convert() { try { // create the API client instance $client = new \Pdfcrowd\PdfToHtmlClient("demo", "ce544b6ea52a5621fb9d55f8b542d14d"); // run the conversion and store the result into the "html" variable $html = $client->convertUrl("https://pdfcrowd.com/static/pdf/apisamples/invoice.pdf"); // send the result and set HTTP response headers return new Response( $html, Response::HTTP_OK, ["Content-Type" => "text/html", "Cache-Control" => "no-cache", "Accept-Ranges" => "none", "Content-Disposition" => "attachment; filename*=UTF-8''" . rawurlencode("invoice.html")]); } catch(\Pdfcrowd\Error $why) { // send the error in the HTTP response return new Response($why->getMessage(), $why->getCode(), ["Content-Type" => "text/plain"]); } } }
<?php namespace App\Controller; use Symfony\Component\Routing\Annotation\Route; use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Response; class DemoController { /** * @Route("/", methods={"POST"}) * the recommended method is POST */ public function convert() { try { // create the API client instance $client = new \Pdfcrowd\PdfToHtmlClient("demo", "ce544b6ea52a5621fb9d55f8b542d14d"); // run the conversion and store the result into the "html" variable $html = $client->convertRawData(file_get_contents("/path/to/hello_world.pdf")); // send the result and set HTTP response headers return new Response( $html, Response::HTTP_OK, ["Content-Type" => "text/html", "Cache-Control" => "no-cache", "Accept-Ranges" => "none", "Content-Disposition" => "attachment; filename*=UTF-8''" . rawurlencode("logo.html")]); } catch(\Pdfcrowd\Error $why) { // send the error in the HTTP response return new Response($why->getMessage(), $why->getCode(), ["Content-Type" => "text/plain"]); } } }