cli-barcode PHP

Generates awesome barcodes from CLI using PHP
This script uses @picqer’s php-barcode-generator to generate barcodes from the command line.
For command line parsing @ulrichsg’s getopt-php is used.

The credits should go mostly to them, since this is a very simple script that uses what they have made.

How to install

The vendor folder is included since I want to be able to just download this package and run it.

You should download the zip or tar ball and put the cli-barcode folder where you want it to be installed.

Then you can run:

./barcode.php --create-bash

To recreate the barcode file with the full path to your installation.

At this point you can run:

sudo make install

To copy the bash executable to /usr/local/bin.
You will need to have make installed for this.

Generating barcodes

Usage is pretty straight forward.
#####There are 4 required parameters

1. Encoding (barcode type)
2. Output format (png, jpg, svg, html)
3. Barcode string (will become the barcode)
4. Output file (where to save it)

#####Apart from that you get a few optional parameters

• Width factor for the bars (defaults to 2)
• Height of the bars (defaults to 30)
• Color of the bars (defaults to black)

I find the default settings for these very optimal, since there is usually no problem on resizing the barcodes generated.
The encodings and output formats are case-insenstive.

Help Information from cli

$ barcode --help
Usage: barcode -e <encoding> -f <output_format> [options] <barcode string> <output file>
Options:
  -e, --encoding <bar-type>    Barcode encoding type selection
  -f, --format <file-type>     Output format for the barcode
  -w, --width <points>         Width factor for bars to make wider, defaults to 2
  -h, --height <points>        Total height of the barcode, defaults to 30
  -c, --color <hex-color>      Hex code of the foreground color, defaults to black
  -v, --verbose                Display extra information
  -q, --quiet                  Supress all messages
  --help                       Help Information, including encodings and formats
  --version                    Display version information and exits

Required Options and Parameters:
    -e <encoding>
    -f <output format>
    <input string>
    <output file>

Output Formats:
    HTML
    JPG
    PNG
    SVG

Encodings:
    CODABAR
    CODE_11
    CODE_128
    CODE_128_A
    CODE_128_B
    CODE_128_C
    CODE_39
    CODE_39E
    CODE_39E_CHECKSUM
    CODE_39_CHECKSUM
    CODE_93
    EAN_13
    EAN_2
    EAN_5
    EAN_8
    IMB
    INTERLEAVED_2_5
    INTERLEAVED_2_5_CHECKSUM
    KIX
    MSI
    MSI_CHECKSUM
    PHARMA_CODE
    PHARMA_CODE_TWO_TRACKS
    PLANET
    POSTNET
    RMS4CC
    STANDARD_2_5
    STANDARD_2_5_CHECKSUM
    UPC_A
    UPC_E

Examples:
    barcode -f HTML -e CODE_39 "1234567890" "/tmp/1234567890.html"
    barcode -e CODE_128 -f PNG -c "#888" -w 3 -h 50 "AGREATBAR" "/tmp/AGREATBAR.png"
    barcode "1234567890" "/tmp/mybar.svg" --encoding EAN_13 --format SVG