Version 7.0

The sample demonstrates how to make PHP barcode reader with PHP7 and Dynamsoft Barcode Reader for Linux.

Get the trial license.

• php7.0-cli, php7.0-dev, libxml2-dev

  sudo apt-get install php7.0-cli php7.0-dev libxml2-dev
  

• php-7.0.30 source code

• Dynamsoft Barcode Reader SDK

  tar xvf dbr-linux-7.0.tar.gz
  sudo cp ./Dynamsoft/BarcodeReader/lib/WITHOUTSTDC++LIB/libDynamsoftBarcodeReader.so /usr/lib/
  

1. Unzip PHP source code and then change directory to ext:

   tar xvf php-7.0.30.tar.gz
   cd ~/php-7.0.30/ext/
   

2. Create an extension folder:

   ./ext_skel --extname=dbr
   cd dbr
   

3. Copy AllSupportedBarcodeTypes.tif, config.m4, DynamsoftBarcodeReader.h, reader.php and dbr.c to ~/php-7.0.30/ext/dbr:

4. Copy php.ini to /etc/php/7.0/cli/php.ini.

5. Build and install the extension:

   phpize
   ./configure
   make
   sudo make install
   

6. Get a trial license and set it in reader.php:

   DBRInitLicense("LICENSE-KEY");

7. Run reader.php:

   php -c /etc/php/7.0/cli/php.ini reader.php
   

   

Get the source code and deploy it to any web server.

1. Install php7.0-curl, apache2 and libapache2-mod-php7.0:

   sudo apt-get install php7.0-curl apache2 libapache2-mod-php7.0
   

2. Add extension to /etc/php/7.0/apache2/php.ini :

   extension=dbr.so
   

3. Get write permissions:

   sudo chgrp -R www-data /var/www/html/reader
   sudo chmod -R g+rw /var/www/html/reader
   

4. Start Apache:

   sudo service apache2 start
   #sudo service apache2 stop // if you want to stop Apache
   

5. Visit http://localhost/reader/index.php.

1. Install Nginx and php7.0-cgi:

   sudo apt-get install nginx php7.0-cgi
   

2. Enable PHP in configuration file:

   sudo vi /etc/nginx/sites-available/default
   
   # pass the PHP scripts to FastCGI server listening on 127.0.0.1:9000
   
   location ~ \.php$ {
           include snippets/fastcgi-php.conf;
   
           # With php7.0-cgi alone:
           fastcgi_pass 127.0.0.1:9000;
           # With php7.0-fpm:
           #fastcgi_pass unix:/run/php/php7.0-fpm.sock;
   }
   

3. Get write permissions:

   sudo chgrp -R www-data /usr/share/nginx/html/reader
   sudo chmod -R g+rw /usr/share/nginx/html/reader
   

4. Run Nginx and php-cgi:

   sudo nginx
   # sudo nginx –s stop // if you want to stop Nginx
   sudo php-cgi -b 127.0.0.1:9000 -c /etc/php/7.0/cli/php.ini
   

5. Visit http://localhost/reader/index.php.

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