is this the right php header for pdftk

Question

I'm writing a very basic catenation script and lifted this straight off the pdftk 0.10.0 packagist site:

    use mikehaertl\pdftk\Pdf;


// Extract pages 1-2 into a new file
$pdf = new Pdf('sourcefile.pdf');
$result = $pdf->cat(1, 2)
        ->saveAs('newfile.pdf');
if ($result === false) {
    $error = $pdf->getError();
}

But I'm getting this error:

Fatal error: Uncaught Error: Class "mikehaertl\pdftk\Pdf" not found in C:\PHP8\index.php:7 Stack trace: #0 {main} thrown in C:\PHP8\index.php on line 7

All the sample scripts I've seen have that same header. I'm sure it's something really basic that I'm not seeing here.

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 14 '21 at 14:59

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Since the error is showing the Class not found, it would make me initially think that the package wasn’t installed in your project. If you run composer require mikehaertl/php-pdftk, does that get you rolling?

If you’re not familiar with Composer, here’s a quick guide to getting started: https://packagist.org/

answered Mar 14 '21 at 14:59

Christian Helvin

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Yes, I use composer a lot and downloaded it using ```composer require mikehaertl/php-pdftk```. I suspected it wasn't installed but running ```composer show -i``` reveals that it is installed. The caveat is, it may not have installed correctly as neither the composer json file on packagist (https://packagist.org/packages/mikehaertl/php-pdftk) or GitHub (https://github.com/mikehaertl/php-pdftk) is working right. So I just copied the dependencies from the composer lock file into the json file. – andreithegiant Mar 15 '21 at 02:44
If those two composer.json files don't work, did you file according bug tickets? Be prepared to provide a [mcve] though. Unlike your above question, it should come with full info though, like e.g. steps to do manually, not some PHP code fragments. – Ulrich Eckhardt May 02 '21 at 08:49

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 21 '21 at 07:51

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Apparently, when installed via composer, the pdftk.exe file is not downloaded for some reason. I downloaded it manually from the github page and referred to it in the header.

answered Mar 21 '21 at 07:51

andreithegiant

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score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered May 02 '21 at 08:39

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Ok, finally found the answer. You need to install pdftk beforehand as packagist does not automatically pull it for you.

answered May 02 '21 at 08:39

andreithegiant

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is this the right php header for pdftk

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