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Generate a barcode

Requirements

This plugin requires Craft CMS 4.0.0 or later.

Installation

To install the plugin, follow these instructions.

1. Open your terminal and go to your Craft project:

    cd /path/to/project

1. Then tell Composer to load the plugin:

    composer require webdna/barcode

1. In the Control Panel, go to Settings → Plugins and click the “Install” button for Barcode.

Barcode Overview

This allows the generation of a barcode via a fieldtype, variable or twig filter.

Barcode Options

All instances of barcode accept the following parameters:

1. Code: number or alphanumeric depending on the barcode type.
2. Format: svg or png (default: svg)
3. Type: see below for all accepted types (default: EAN13)
4. Width factor: this set with width factor of the bars (default: 2)
5. Height: the in pixels of the bars (default: 30)
6. Color: the hex value of the bars (default: '#000000')

Using Barcode

Twig variables:

    {{ craft.barcode.generate(123456789) }}

    {{ craft.barcode.generate(123456789, 'png', 'EAN13', 2, 30, '#000000') }}

Twig Filters:

    {{ 123456789|barcode }}

    {{ 123456789|barcode('png', 'EAN13', 2, 30, '#000000') }}

Supported Barcode Types

Barcode Roadmap

Some things to do, and ideas for potential features:

• Release it

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