ByteScout Barcode Suite – PHP – Read barcode from image with BarCode Reader SDK

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ByteScout Barcode Suite – PHP – Read barcode from image with BarCode Reader SDK

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How to read barcode from image with barcode reader SDK in PHP using ByteScout Barcode Suite

If you want to learn more then this tutorial will show how to read barcode from image with barcode reader SDK in PHP

This sample source code below will display you how to read barcode from image with barcode reader SDK in PHP. ByteScout Barcode Suite can read barcode from image with barcode reader SDK. It can be applied from PHP. ByteScout Barcode Suite is the bundle that privides 3 SDK products to generate barcodes (Barcode SDK), read barcodes (Barcode Reaer SDK) and read and write spreadsheets (Spreadsheet SDK).

The following code snippet for ByteScout Barcode Suite works best when you need to quickly read barcode from image with barcode reader SDK in your PHP application. Simply copy and paste in your PHP project or application you and then run your app! Enjoy writing a code with ready-to-use sample PHP codes.

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HelloWorld.php

      <?php

// this PHP script reads barcodes from image using BarCode Reader SDK

/*

IMPORTANT: 
to use COM objects in PHP need to enable it by adding the following line into php.ini:

extension=php_com_dotnet.dll

If you are usiung EasyPHP DevServer then to edit php.ini just right-click on the tray icon and select "Configuration"->"PHP"
*/

try
{

// create reader object
$reader = new COM("Bytescout.BarCodeReader.Reader");

// Limit search to 1D barcodes only (exclude 2D barcodes to speed up the search).
// Change to bc.BarcodeTypesToFind.SetAll() to scan for all supported 1D and 2D barcodes 
// or select specific type, e.g. bc.BarcodeTypesToFind.PDF417 = True
$bc->BarcodeTypesToFind->SetAll1D();

$bc->ReadFromFile("BarcodePhoto.jpg");

For(i = 0; i< $bc->FoundCount-1; i++)
{
    echo "Found barcode on page #" . $bc->GetFoundBarcodePage(i)) . " with type " . $bc->GetFoundBarcodeType(i) . " and value " & bc.GetFoundBarcodeValue(i) & vbCRLF & " and confidence=" . $bc->GetFoundBarcodeConfidence(i)
}


}
catch(Exception $err) // catch exception if any
{
    header("Content-Type: text/plain"); // switch to plain text output type
    echo($err->getMessage()); // write error message to the output
}


?>