Installationation

Systemanforderungen

Requirement	Version	Purpose
PHP	^8.5	Readonly classes, backed enums, pipe operator, #[\SensitiveParameter]
ext-openssl	*	AES-256 encryption, PKCS#7 signatures, OCSP/TSA requests
ext-zlib	*	Flate compression for PDF streams
ext-mbstring	*	Unicode string handling
ext-gd	*	Image processing (JPEG, PNG, WebP, AVIF)
ext-curl	*	HTTP requests to OCSP responders and TSA servers
ext-intl	*	ICU line breaking and locale-aware formatting

Verify all extensions:

php -r "foreach(['openssl','zlib','mbstring','gd','curl','intl'] as \$e){echo \$e.': '.(extension_loaded(\$e)?'OK':'MISSING').PHP_EOL;}"

Schnellinstallation

Core Only

composer require yeeefang/tcpdf-next

+ Laravel

composer require yeeefang/tcpdf-next yeeefang/tcpdf-next-laravel

+ Symfony

composer require yeeefang/tcpdf-next yeeefang/tcpdf-next-symfony

+ Artisan

composer require yeeefang/tcpdf-next yeeefang/tcpdf-next-artisan

Full Stack

composer require yeeefang/tcpdf-next yeeefang/tcpdf-next-pro yeeefang/tcpdf-next-artisan yeeefang/tcpdf-next-laravel

Core Paket

composer require yeeefang/tcpdf-next

Dependencies: phpseclib/phpseclib ^3.0 (RSASSA-PSS, ASN.1, X.509)

Funktional Extensions

Artisan Paket (Chrome CDP)

composer require yeeefang/tcpdf-next-artisan

Additional requirements:

• chrome-php/chrome ^1.15
• Chrome or Chromium browser installed on the system

# Ubuntu/Debian
apt-get install chromium-browser

# macOS
brew install --cask chromium

# Or use environment variable
export CHROME_PATH=/usr/bin/google-chrome

Pro Paket (Commercial)

composer require yeeefang/tcpdf-next-pro

License: $1,000 USD per application, perpetual per major version.

Additional dependencies: phpseclib/phpseclib ^3.0 | Optional: ext-pkcs11

Set your license key:

# .env
TCPDF_PRO_LICENSE_KEY=your-license-key

Framework-Integrations

Laravel Paket

composer require yeeefang/tcpdf-next-laravel

Anforderungen: Laravel ^12.0

The ServiceProvider is auto-discovered. Publish the config:

php artisan vendor:publish --tag=tcpdf-next-config

Symfony Paket

composer require yeeefang/tcpdf-next-symfony

Anforderungen: Symfony ^7.0

The Bundle is auto-configured. Register manually if needed:

// config/bundles.php
return [
    // ...
    Yeeefang\TcpdfNext\Symfony\TcpdfNextBundle::class => ['all' => true],
];

CodeIgniter Paket

composer require yeeefang/tcpdf-next-codeigniter

Anforderungen: CodeIgniter ^4.0

Register the service in your app/Config/Services.php or use auto-discovery.

Kompatibilität

Adaptation Paket (TCPDF Migration)

composer require yeeefang/tcpdf-next-adaptation

Drop-in replacement adapter for TCPDF 6.2.13 — maps 252 legacy methods to TCPDF-Next's modern API. Supports Header() / Footer() overrides via non-final class and legacy helper classes (TCPDF_STATIC, TCPDF_FONTS, TCPDF_COLORS, TCPDF_IMAGES).

Docker-Setup

🐳 Docker for Legacy PHP Environments

If your production server runs PHP < 8.5, use Docker to isolate TCPDF-Next.

FROM php:8.5-cli

RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
    libicu-dev libpng-dev libjpeg-dev libwebp-dev libzip-dev \
    && docker-php-ext-configure gd --with-jpeg --with-webp \
    && docker-php-ext-install gd intl zip

COPY --from=composer:latest /usr/bin/composer /usr/bin/composer

COPY . /app
WORKDIR /app
RUN composer install --no-dev --optimize-autoloader

For Chrome (Artisan package):

FROM php:8.5-cli

RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
    libicu-dev libpng-dev libjpeg-dev libwebp-dev chromium \
    && docker-php-ext-configure gd --with-jpeg --with-webp \
    && docker-php-ext-install gd intl

ENV CHROME_PATH=/usr/bin/chromium

COPY --from=composer:latest /usr/bin/composer /usr/bin/composer
COPY . /app
WORKDIR /app
RUN composer install --no-dev --optimize-autoloader

Installationation überprüfen

<?php
require 'vendor/autoload.php';

use Yeeefang\TcpdfNext\Core\Document;

$pdf = Document::createStandalone()->addPage()->setFont('Helvetica', '', 12)->cell(0, 10, 'OK');
echo "TCPDF-Next is working. Classes loaded: " . count(get_declared_classes()) . "\n";