/IDMLlib

A php library to convert content from indesign files to HTML or create/modify a IDML file.

Primary LanguagePHPBSD 2-Clause "Simplified" LicenseBSD-2-Clause

IDMLlib a php library to read Indesign IDML files

Installation

Requirements

  • PHP 7.2 or higher
  • SimpleXML extension

Composer

Inside your project execute the following command

composer require jorisros/idml-lib

This got the latest released version and installed it into your vendor directory.

Run example

Show example in browser

php -S localhost:3000 -t example/

Go in your browser to http://localhost:3000/example_1.php

Example code for reading a IDML file

<?php 

// Load library
require_once __DIR__ . '/../vendor/autoload.php';

// Location of IDML file
$file = new \JorisRos\IDMLlib\IDMLfile('../tests/assets/example.idml');

$idml = new \JorisRos\IDMLlib\IDMLlib($file);

// Recieve tags from who are defined in Indesign
$tags = $idml->getContentTags();

// Read content from tag `dynamic_content`
$content = $idml->getContentByTagName('dynamic_content');

echo $content;

// Idea for how it should be working in the future, for creating personalized content
$idml = new \JorisRos\IDMLlib\IDMLlib($file);
$masterSpread = $idml->getMasterSpread();
$idml->addPage($masterSpread, ['tag', 'Tag replace content']);
$idml->saveAs('/tmp/test.idml');

Reference documentation

IDML

See more documentation: https://www.adobe.com/content/dam/acom/en/devnet/indesign/sdk/cs6/idml/idml-specification.pdf

Or in the docs directory.

Relax NG Compact Syntax

https://relaxng.org/compact-tutorial-20030326.html