# PHP PowerPoint API for PPT, PPTX, and ODP Presentations

> PHP library for creating, editing, converting, and processing presentations in formats such as PPT, PPTX, PPS, POT, PPSX, PPTM, PPSM, POTX, POTM, and ODP, with support for PDF output.

Source: https://products.aspose.com/slides/php-java/
Updated: 2026-08-28



| Label | Install |
|---|---|
| Composer | composer require aspose/slides |
| Bridge JAR | cp vendor/aspose/slides/jar/aspose-slides-*-php.jar $CATALINA_HOME/webapps/JavaBridge/WEB-INF/lib/ |
| PHP wrapper | require_once("vendor/aspose/slides/lib/aspose.slides.php"); |

| Figure | Caption |
|---|---|
| 189 / 82 | Shape types and chart types, each a real object that PowerPoint still recognises and lets a person edit. |
| 13 -> 12 | Presentation formats read and written, including the pre-2007 binary .ppt container and OpenDocument .odp, plus 9 further export targets. |
| 1 | Composer package, aspose/slides. It wraps the Java build rather than replacing it, so it is not the only thing you install. |
| JRE 8+ | Java runtime with JAVA_HOME set, plus the PHP/Java Bridge in a servlet container. Still zero Microsoft Office installs and zero X displays. |

## Five things people actually write

| Task | Hint | Flow | Note | Docs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Convert | Load a deck once and write it out in as many formats as you need. | PPTX -> PDF / HTML / TIFF | One save call per target, and no options object needed for sane defaults. SaveFormat also carries XPS, Markdown, GIF and the OpenDocument containers. | https://docs.aspose.com/slides/php-java/convert-powerpoint-to-pdf/ |
| Slide thumbnails | Render any slide to a raster image at an exact pixel size. | Slide -> PNG at 1200 x 800 | getImage returns an image object you dispose yourself. Pass a scale factor instead of a Dimension to render relative to the slide size. | https://docs.aspose.com/slides/php-java/presentation-viewer/ |
| Charts from data | Turn a PHP array into a native chart the recipient can still edit. | PHP array -> ClusteredColumn chart | Values land in the chart's embedded workbook, so PowerPoint opens a live data sheet rather than a flat picture. | https://docs.aspose.com/slides/php-java/create-chart/ |
| Protect | Encrypt a deck and lock editing before it leaves your server. | PPTX -> encrypted PPTX | encrypt sets the password needed to open the file. setWriteProtection sets a separate one needed to change it; the two are independent. | https://docs.aspose.com/slides/php-java/password-protected-presentation/ |
| Merge | Clone slides out of several decks into one and unify the design. | 3 x PPTX -> 1 PPTX | Pass the destination master to addClone and the result carries one master instead of three. Loop by index: slide collections are Java objects and do not support PHP foreach. | https://docs.aspose.com/slides/php-java/merge-presentation/ |

```
<?php
define("JAVA_HOSTS", "localhost:8080");
define("JAVA_SERVLET", "/JavaBridge/servlet.phpjavabridge");

require_once("Java.inc");
require_once("vendor/aspose/slides/lib/aspose.slides.php");

use aspose\slides\Presentation;
use aspose\slides\SaveFormat;

$presentation = new Presentation("/srv/decks/quarterly-review.pptx");
try {
    $presentation->save("/srv/decks/quarterly-review.pdf", SaveFormat::Pdf);
    $presentation->save("/srv/decks/quarterly-review.html", SaveFormat::Html);
    $presentation->save("/srv/decks/quarterly-review.tiff", SaveFormat::Tiff);
} finally {
    $presentation->dispose();
}
```

```
<?php
define("JAVA_HOSTS", "localhost:8080");
define("JAVA_SERVLET", "/JavaBridge/servlet.phpjavabridge");

require_once("Java.inc");
require_once("vendor/aspose/slides/lib/aspose.slides.php");

use aspose\slides\ImageFormat;
use aspose\slides\Presentation;

$size = new Java("java.awt.Dimension", 1200, 800);

$presentation = new Presentation("/srv/decks/quarterly-review.pptx");
try {
    $slides = $presentation->getSlides();

    for ($i = 0; $i < java_values($slides->size()); $i++) {
        $image = $slides->get_Item($i)->getImage($size);
        try {
            $image->save("/srv/decks/slide-" . ($i + 1) . ".png", ImageFormat::Png);
        } finally {
            $image->dispose();
        }
    }
} finally {
    $presentation->dispose();
}
```

```
<?php
define("JAVA_HOSTS", "localhost:8080");
define("JAVA_SERVLET", "/JavaBridge/servlet.phpjavabridge");

require_once("Java.inc");
require_once("vendor/aspose/slides/lib/aspose.slides.php");

use aspose\slides\ChartType;
use aspose\slides\Presentation;
use aspose\slides\SaveFormat;

$data = ["Q1" => 120, "Q2" => 145, "Q3" => 132, "Q4" => 168];

$presentation = new Presentation();
try {
    $slide = $presentation->getSlides()->get_Item(0);
    $chart = $slide->getShapes()->addChart(ChartType::ClusteredColumn, 50, 50, 600, 400);

    $chartData = $chart->getChartData();
    $workbook = $chartData->getChartDataWorkbook();
    $sheet = 0;

    $chartData->getSeries()->clear();
    $chartData->getCategories()->clear();
    $chartData->getSeries()->add($workbook->getCell($sheet, 0, 1, "Signups"), $chart->getType());

    $series = $chartData->getSeries()->get_Item(0);
    $row = 1;

    foreach ($data as $quarter => $value) {
        $chartData->getCategories()->add($workbook->getCell($sheet, $row, 0, $quarter));
        $series->getDataPoints()->addDataPointForBarSeries($workbook->getCell($sheet, $row, 1, $value));
        $row++;
    }

    $presentation->save("/srv/decks/signups-by-quarter.pptx", SaveFormat::Pptx);
} finally {
    $presentation->dispose();
}
```

```
<?php
define("JAVA_HOSTS", "localhost:8080");
define("JAVA_SERVLET", "/JavaBridge/servlet.phpjavabridge");

require_once("Java.inc");
require_once("vendor/aspose/slides/lib/aspose.slides.php");

use aspose\slides\Presentation;
use aspose\slides\SaveFormat;

$presentation = new Presentation("/srv/decks/quarterly-review.pptx");
try {
    $protection = $presentation->getProtectionManager();
    $protection->setWriteProtection("edit-password");
    $protection->encrypt("open-password");

    $presentation->save("/srv/decks/quarterly-review-protected.pptx", SaveFormat::Pptx);
} finally {
    $presentation->dispose();
}
```

```
<?php
define("JAVA_HOSTS", "localhost:8080");
define("JAVA_SERVLET", "/JavaBridge/servlet.phpjavabridge");

require_once("Java.inc");
require_once("vendor/aspose/slides/lib/aspose.slides.php");

use aspose\slides\Presentation;
use aspose\slides\SaveFormat;

$parts = ["/srv/decks/intro.pptx", "/srv/decks/results.pptx", "/srv/decks/roadmap.pptx"];

$merged = new Presentation($parts[0]);
try {
    $master = $merged->getMasters()->get_Item(0);

    for ($i = 1; $i < count($parts); $i++) {
        $source = new Presentation($parts[$i]);
        try {
            $slides = $source->getSlides();

            for ($j = 0; $j < java_values($slides->size()); $j++) {
                $merged->getSlides()->addClone($slides->get_Item($j), $master, true);
            }
        } finally {
            $source->dispose();
        }
    }

    $merged->save("/srv/decks/merged.pptx", SaveFormat::Pptx);
} finally {
    $merged->dispose();
}
```

## Browse by operation

| Operation | Href | Note | Language | Icon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conversion | /slides/php-java/conversion/ | Convert between presentation, document and image formats. | PHP | conversion |
| Merger | /slides/php-java/merger/ | Combine several presentations, documents or images into one file. | PHP | merger |
| Editor | /slides/php-java/editor/ | Open a file, change it and write it back, format by format. | PHP | editor |

## What goes in, what comes out

- **Read and written** (the presentation formats this library opens and saves) — FODP, ODP, OTP, POT, POTM, POTX, PPS, PPSM, PPSX, PPT, PPTM, PPTX
- **Read only** (no writer in the API) — PPT95
- **Written only** (export targets, not presentation files) — GIF, HTML, HTML5, MD, PDF, SWF, TIFF, XML, XPS
- **Slide images** (rendered from a slide) — BMP, EMF, GIF, JPEG, PNG, SVG, TIFF
- **Other content read in** (placed into a presentation rather than opened as one) — HTML, PDF, raster image

## Capabilities, one line each

## Runs where your code already runs

| Runtime | Note | Platforms |
|---|---|---|
| .NET | Native managed library, one NuGet package, no JVM anywhere in the stack. | WINDOWS · LINUX · MACOS |
| Java | The engine this package wraps. Call it directly and the bridge disappears. | WINDOWS · LINUX · MACOS |
| Node.js via Java | The closest sibling to this build: same JAR, same object model, a JavaScript surface. | WINDOWS · LINUX · MACOS |
| Python via .NET | Same object model over the .NET build, so it asks for no Java runtime at all. | WINDOWS · LINUX · MACOS |
| C++ | Native code, no managed runtime and no JVM to provision or tune. | WINDOWS · LINUX · MACOS |

## Start with the trial, license when you ship

The trial is the full API. It applies an evaluation watermark when a presentation is opened or saved and replaces extracted text with an evaluation notice, so you can test the formats you actually care about before you talk to anyone. A temporary licence lifts both for 30 days.

## If you don't want a library

Aspose.Slides Cloud is a hosted REST API for loading, creating, editing and converting presentations.

- [cURL](https://products.aspose.cloud/slides/curl/)
- [.NET SDK](https://products.aspose.cloud/slides/net/)
- [Java SDK](https://products.aspose.cloud/slides/java/)
- [All low-code APIs →](https://products.aspose.cloud/slides/family/)

## No-code apps

- [Viewer](https://products.aspose.app/slides/viewer)
- [Conversion](https://products.aspose.app/slides/conversion)
- [Annotation](https://products.aspose.app/slides/annotation)
- [All apps →](https://products.aspose.app/slides/family)

## Resources

- [Documentation](https://docs.aspose.com/slides/php-java/)
- [API reference](https://docs.aspose.com/slides/php-java/api-reference/)
- [Support forum](https://forum.aspose.com/c/slides/)
- [Installation](https://docs.aspose.com/slides/php-java/installation/)

## In use

The product worked as advertised, the documentation was easy to follow, and the support forums were all the help we needed. The final solution that we deployed has exceeded our initial expectations by a great deal.

— BRUCE BRIEN · STRATASCOPE INC, USA