The Package

Overview

PreviewMaker is a standalone application written in pure PHP to create preview (PDF and image) from different file formats ranging from Microsoft documents to video formats.

Requirements

You need to have a Linux OS with the following items installed:

• PHP v7.2.5 above
• OpenJDK
• LibreOffice v6.2.6.2 above
• FFmpeg

Installation

$ composer require hamidgh83/preview-maker

Note: We are preparing a docker version for easier deployment.

Supported Files

PreviewMaker makes it easy to create image preview from Microsoft documents, PDF files and videos. Here is the list of supported mime types:

Documents

• "application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document",
• "application/vnd.ms-excel",
• "application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet",
• "application/vnd.ms-powerpoint", -"application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.presentationml.presentation",
• "application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text"

PDF

• "application/pdf"

Videos

• "video/3gpp",
• "video/mp4",
• "video/mpeg",
• "video/ogg",
• "video/quicktime",
• "video/webm",
• "video/x-m4v",
• "video/ms-asf",
• "video/x-ms-asf",
• "video/x-ms-wmv",
• "video/x-msvideo"

Console commands

Creating preview from a file

Usage

php bin/console.php preview [options] [--] <filepath>

Arguments

Argument	Description
filepath	Path to the file you want to make preview from

Options

Option	Description
--pdf	Convert given document to pdf
-o, --output=OUTPUT	Path to output file
-h, --help	Display this help message
-q, --quiet	Do not output any message
-V, --version	Display this application version
--ansi	Force ANSI output
--no-ansi	Disable ANSI output
-n, --no-interaction	Do not ask any interactive question
-v	vv