tibberous Posted September 16, 2011 Share Posted September 16, 2011 Does anyone know of a free php library to create pdf417 2d barcodes? Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/247255-generating-2d-barcodes/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasterACE14 Posted September 16, 2011 Share Posted September 16, 2011 There's plenty around, just need to Google it. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/247255-generating-2d-barcodes/#findComment-1269834 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tibberous Posted September 16, 2011 Author Share Posted September 16, 2011 I did, and you apparently didn't - all the ones I could find are commercial. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/247255-generating-2d-barcodes/#findComment-1269845 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tibberous Posted September 16, 2011 Author Share Posted September 16, 2011 No one? Someone has to have written this in PHP. Google has become about unusable - the only thing that ranks are directory sites that try and sell shareware, and no one is worried about marketing their free library. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/247255-generating-2d-barcodes/#findComment-1270140 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pikachu2000 Posted September 16, 2011 Share Posted September 16, 2011 www.barcodephp.com appears to have a package that's free for non-commercial use. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/247255-generating-2d-barcodes/#findComment-1270147 Share on other sites More sharing options...
xyph Posted September 17, 2011 Share Posted September 17, 2011 It would be quite easy to build yourself given the spec and GD Library/ImageMagick as well. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/247255-generating-2d-barcodes/#findComment-1270149 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tibberous Posted September 17, 2011 Author Share Posted September 17, 2011 www.barcodephp.com appears to have a package that's free for non-commercial use. Only lets you download 1d barcodes. They have a 2d library, but it's $110 PER format. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/247255-generating-2d-barcodes/#findComment-1270151 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tibberous Posted September 17, 2011 Author Share Posted September 17, 2011 It would be quite easy to build yourself given the spec and GD Library/ImageMagick as well. It would be possible, but I doubt it would be 'quite easy'. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/247255-generating-2d-barcodes/#findComment-1270171 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psycho Posted September 17, 2011 Share Posted September 17, 2011 It would be quite easy to build yourself given the spec and GD Library/ImageMagick as well. It would be possible, but I doubt it would be 'quite easy'. Which is probably why people want compensation for taking to build something that is not easy. Just saying Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/247255-generating-2d-barcodes/#findComment-1270177 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tibberous Posted September 17, 2011 Author Share Posted September 17, 2011 It would be quite easy to build yourself given the spec and GD Library/ImageMagick as well. It would be possible, but I doubt it would be 'quite easy'. Which is probably why people want compensation for taking to build something that is not easy. Just saying If this was something I was making money on, I'd just tell the client to pay for the library. Problem is, this is a personal type project -- doesn't make sense to spend money to do something I can do with a desktop app for free. I've released a bunch of stuff for free over the years, and generally when I need something free, it's pretty easy to find - I'm just disappointed that either no one has written it or that the search engines are so flooded with spammers I can't find it. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/247255-generating-2d-barcodes/#findComment-1270183 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasterACE14 Posted September 17, 2011 Share Posted September 17, 2011 It would be quite easy to build yourself given the spec and GD Library/ImageMagick as well. It would be possible, but I doubt it would be 'quite easy'. Which is probably why people want compensation for taking to build something that is not easy. Just saying If this was something I was making money on, I'd just tell the client to pay for the library. Problem is, this is a personal type project -- doesn't make sense to spend money to do something I can do with a desktop app for free. I've released a bunch of stuff for free over the years, and generally when I need something free, it's pretty easy to find - I'm just disappointed that either no one has written it or that the search engines are so flooded with spammers I can't find it. then I'd say it's safe to assume this is your only viable option: It would be quite easy to build yourself given the spec and GD Library/ImageMagick as well. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/247255-generating-2d-barcodes/#findComment-1270216 Share on other sites More sharing options...
xyph Posted September 17, 2011 Share Posted September 17, 2011 It would be easy, just time consuming. It's not like the spec isn't explained in detail somewhere. Cracking it yourself without the spec would be hard, this is just laziness. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/247255-generating-2d-barcodes/#findComment-1270272 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pikachu2000 Posted September 20, 2011 Share Posted September 20, 2011 http://www.phpfreaks.com/forums/index.php?topic=344242.msg1624474#msg1624474 Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/247255-generating-2d-barcodes/#findComment-1271090 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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