Installation

Configure environment

  1. Install PHP 7, add the PHP path to the system PATH variable and set allow_url_include to On in the php.ini file.
  2. Install JRE 8. Set the JAVA_HOME environment variable to the path of the installed JRE.
  3. Install Apache Tomcat 8.0.

Download Aspose.Slides for PHP via Java

packagist is the easiest way to download Aspose.Slides for PHP via Java.

To install Aspose.Slides using Packagist, run this command:

composer require aspose/slides

Configure Apache Tomcat

  1. Download PHP/Java Bridge (php-java-bridge_x.x.x_documentation.zip) from http://php-java-bridge.sourceforge.net/pjb/download.php and extract JavaBridge.war file to tomcat webapps folder.
  2. Start Apache Tomcat service.
  3. Download “Aspose.Slides for PHP via Java” and extract it to aspose.slides folder. Copy jar/aspose-slides-x.x-php.jar file to webapps\JavaBridge\WEB-INF\lib folder. If you are using PHP 8, replace the original Java.inc from PHP-Java Bridge with the Java.inc from Java.inc.php8.zip.
  4. Restart Apache Tomcat service.
  5. Run example.php in aspose.slides folder to run the example with this command:
    php example.php