### Checking pdftotext Binary Installation - Bash

Source: https://github.com/spatie/pdf-to-text/blob/main/README.md

Command to verify if the `pdftotext` binary, required by the package, is installed and available in the system's PATH. If installed, it will output the path to the binary.

```Bash
which pdftotext
```

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### Installing the Package - Bash

Source: https://github.com/spatie/pdf-to-text/blob/main/README.md

Command to install the `spatie/pdf-to-text` PHP package into your project using Composer, the PHP dependency manager.

```Bash
composer require spatie/pdf-to-text
```

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### Installing pdftotext (RedHat/CentOS/Rocky/Fedora) - Bash

Source: https://github.com/spatie/pdf-to-text/blob/main/README.md

Command to install the `poppler-utils` package, which includes the `pdftotext` binary, on RedHat, CentOS, Rocky Linux, or Fedora systems using the `yum` package manager.

```Bash
yum install poppler-utils
```

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### Installing pdftotext (Mac) - Bash

Source: https://github.com/spatie/pdf-to-text/blob/main/README.md

Command to install the `poppler` package, which contains the `pdftotext` binary, on macOS using the Homebrew package manager.

```Bash
brew install poppler
```

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### Installing pdftotext (Ubuntu/Debian) - Bash

Source: https://github.com/spatie/pdf-to-text/blob/main/README.md

Command to install the `poppler-utils` package, which includes the necessary `pdftotext` binary, on Ubuntu or Debian based Linux distributions using the `apt-get` package manager.

```Bash
apt-get install poppler-utils
```

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### Running Tests - Bash

Source: https://github.com/spatie/pdf-to-text/blob/main/README.md

Command to execute the package's test suite using Composer.

```Bash
 composer test
```

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### Setting pdftotext Options (Static) - PHP

Source: https://github.com/spatie/pdf-to-text/blob/main/README.md

Shows how to pass options to the underlying `pdftotext` command as the third parameter when using the static `getText` method.

```PHP
echo Pdf::getText('book.pdf', null, ['layout', 'opw myP1$$Word']);
```

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### Adding pdftotext Options (Object) - PHP

Source: https://github.com/spatie/pdf-to-text/blob/main/README.md

Demonstrates how to add options to the underlying `pdftotext` command using the `addOptions` method on a `Pdf` object instance. This method appends options to the existing list, useful for adding context-specific options.

```PHP
$text = (new Pdf())
    ->setPdf('table.pdf')
    ->setOptions(['layout', 'r 96'])
    ->addOptions(['f 1'])
    ->text()
;
```

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### Setting pdftotext Options (Object) - PHP

Source: https://github.com/spatie/pdf-to-text/blob/main/README.md

Demonstrates how to pass options to the underlying `pdftotext` command using the `setOptions` method on a `Pdf` object instance. Note that successive calls to `setOptions` will overwrite previously set options.

```PHP
$text = (new Pdf())
    ->setPdf('table.pdf')
    ->setOptions(['layout', 'r 96'])
    ->text()
;
```

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### Using Custom pdftotext Path (Object) - PHP

Source: https://github.com/spatie/pdf-to-text/blob/main/README.md

Demonstrates how to specify a custom path to the `pdftotext` binary by passing it to the `Pdf` object constructor, useful if the binary is not in the default system location.

```PHP
$text = (new Pdf('/custom/path/to/pdftotext'))
    ->setPdf('book.pdf')
    ->text();
```

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### Using Custom pdftotext Path (Static) - PHP

Source: https://github.com/spatie/pdf-to-text/blob/main/README.md

Shows how to specify a custom path to the `pdftotext` binary as the second parameter when using the static `getText` method.

```PHP
echo Pdf::getText('book.pdf', '/custom/path/to/pdftotext');
```

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### Basic Text Extraction (Object) - PHP

Source: https://github.com/spatie/pdf-to-text/blob/main/README.md

Shows how to extract text from a PDF file by creating a `Pdf` object instance, setting the path to the PDF file using `setPdf`, and then calling the `text` method.

```PHP
$text = (new Pdf())
    ->setPdf('book.pdf')
    ->text();
```

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### Basic Text Extraction (Static) - PHP

Source: https://github.com/spatie/pdf-to-text/blob/main/README.md

Demonstrates the simplest way to extract text from a PDF file using the static `getText` method of the `Spatie\PdfToText\Pdf` class. This method returns the extracted text directly.

```PHP
use Spatie\PdfToText\Pdf;

echo Pdf::getText('book.pdf'); //returns the text from the pdf
```

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