QR Code

By endroid

This library helps you generate QR codes in an easy way and provides a Symfony bundle for even faster integration.

Installation

Use Composer to install the library.

$ composer require endroid/qrcode khanamiryan/qrcode-detector-decoder:dev-master

Usage

use Endroid\QrCode\ErrorCorrectionLevel;
use Endroid\QrCode\LabelAlignment;
use Endroid\QrCode\QrCode;
use Endroid\QrCode\Writer\PngWriter;
use Endroid\QrCode\Writer\SvgWriter;
use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Response;

// Create a QR code
$qrCode = new QrCode('Life is too short to be generating QR codes');
$qrCode->setSize(300);

// Set advanced options
$qrCode
    ->setQuietZone(2)
    ->setEncoding('UTF-8')
    ->setErrorCorrectionLevel(ErrorCorrectionLevel::HIGH)
    ->setForegroundColor(['r' => 0, 'g' => 0, 'b' => 0])
    ->setBackgroundColor(['r' => 255, 'g' => 255, 'b' => 255])
    ->setLabel('Scan the code', 16, __DIR__.'/../font/open_sans.ttf', LabelAlignment::CENTER)
    ->setLogoPath(__DIR__.'/../logo/symfony.png')
    ->setLogoSize(150)
    ->setValidateResult(true)
;

// Output the QR code
header('Content-Type: '.$qrCode->getContentType(PngWriter::class));
$qrCode->writeString(PngWriter::class);

// Save it to a file (guesses writer by file extension)
$qrCode->writeFile(__DIR__.'/qrcode.png');

// Create a response object
$response = new Response(
    $qrCode->writeString(SvgWriter::class),
    Response::HTTP_OK,
    ['Content-Type' => $qrCode->getContentType(SvgWriter::class)])
;

// Work via the writer
$writer = new DataUriWriter($qrCode);
$dataUri = $writer->writeString();

Symfony integration

Register the Symfony bundle in the kernel.

// app/AppKernel.php

public function registerBundles()
{
    $bundles = [
        // ...
        new Endroid\QrCode\Bundle\EndroidQrCodeBundle(),
    ];
}

The bundle makes use of a factory to create QR codes. The default parameters applied by the factory can optionally be overridden via the configuration.

endroid_qr_code:
    size: 300
    quiet_zone: 2
    foreground_color: { r: 0, g: 0, b: 0 }
    background_color: { r: 255, g: 255, b: 255 }
    error_correction_level: high # low, medium, quartile or high
    encoding: UTF-8
    label: Scan the code
    label_font_size: 20
    label_alignment: left # left, center or right
    label_margin: { b: 20 }
    logo_path: '%kernel.root_dir%/../vendor/endroid/qrcode/logo/symfony.png'
    logo_size: 150
    validate_result: true # checks if the result is readable

The validate_result option uses a built-in reader to validate the resulting image. Please note that each QR code reader has its own reliability so this is not an absolute guarantee that the code will be readable by all readers. Also, if the built-in reader fails the Qr code might still be readable by an other reader. This setting just helps you guarantee a minimum level of quality.

Now you can retrieve the factory from the service container and create a QR code. For instance in your controller this would look like this.

$qrCode = $this->get('endroid.qrcode.factory')->create('Bladiebla');

Additionally, you can set options like that:

$qrCode = $this->get('endroid.qrcode.factory')->create('Bladiebla', array('size'=>200));

Add the following section to your routing to be able to handle QR code URLs. This step can be skipped when you only use data URIs to display your images.

EndroidQrCodeBundle:
    resource: "@EndroidQrCodeBundle/Controller/"
    type:     annotation
    prefix:   /qrcode

After installation and configuration, QR codes can be generated by appending the QR code text to the url followed by any of the supported extensions.

Twig extension

The bundle also provides a Twig extension for quickly generating a QR code URL, path or data URI. Optional parameters are extension, size, quiet zone and error correction level. When a parameter is omitted, the value in the bundle configuration is used. The default extension is .png.

<img src="{{ qrcode_path(message) }}" />
<img src="{{ qrcode_url(message, { extension: 'svg' }) }}" />
<img src="{{ qrcode_data_uri(message, { size: 150 }) }}" />

Versioning

Version numbers follow the MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH scheme. Backwards compatibility breaking changes will be kept to a minimum but be aware that these can occur. Lock your dependencies for production and test your code when upgrading.

License

This bundle is under the MIT license. For the full copyright and license information please view the LICENSE file that was distributed with this source code.