2amigos/qrcode-library

4.0.0 — PHP 8.3–8.5 support, GD-native rendering & modernization.

⚠️ Major release with breaking changes. Read the Upgrade Guide before upgrading from 3.x.

Delivered by #75 (version corrected in #76) · Epic #74 · Closes #73, #68, #69, #34, #32.

Added

• Pure-GD render backend Da\QrCode\Renderer\GdImageBackEnd — PNG/JPG no longer require ImageMagick (only ext-gd). Fixes the Windows RegistryKeyLookupFailed 'CoderModulesPath' error (#68).
• Framework-agnostic PSR-15 Da\QrCode\Bridge\Psr\QrCodeAction for Yii3 and any PSR-15 app (Mezzio, Slim, …).
• vCard PHOTO via Base64 / data-URI / local file (#69); MeCard ORG field (#34); troubleshooting guide answering #32.

Changed

• Requires PHP 8.3 / 8.4 / 8.5 (dropped < 8.3).
• Dropped marc-mabe/php-enum — Enums\* keep the same constants (no API change).
• bacon/bacon-qr-code → ^3, khanamiryan/qrcode-detector-decoder → ^2.
• PNG/JPG render with GD by default; ImageMagick is opt-in via the writer constructor.
• Framework adapters reorganized under Da\QrCode\Bridge\<Framework>\ (Yii2 / Laravel / Psr); dropped redundant Laravel class-name prefixes.
• StyleManager::getGradientTye() → getGradientType() (deprecated alias kept); QrCode::getGradientType() now returns a GradientType.
• Modern toolchain: php-cs-fixer v3, PHPStan, CI matrix on 8.3/8.4/8.5.

Fixed

• Radial / inverse-diagonal gradients rendering as solid black.
• Bridge\Laravel\QrCodeFactory works standalone when Laravel's config() is unbound.

Full changelog: CHANGELOG.md · Upgrade: UPGRADE-4.0.md

Added

• Enh #69: vCard PHOTO now supports Base64 / data: URIs and local image files, inlined as a PHOTO:data:<mime>;base64,... line, in addition to the previous remote-URL behaviour (tonydspaniard)
• Enh #34: MeCardFormat gains an organization property, emitted as an ORG: entry only when set (tonydspaniard)
• Doc #32: Documented how to save / right-click-save the generated QR using writeFile() and writeDataUri() (tonydspaniard)
• New pure-GD render backend Da\QrCode\Renderer\GdImageBackEnd (tonydspaniard)
• New framework-agnostic PSR-15 Da\QrCode\Bridge\Psr\QrCodeAction (a RequestHandlerInterface) for Yii3 and any PSR-15 app (Mezzio, Slim, ...) (tonydspaniard)

Changed

• Reorganized framework adapters under Da\QrCode\Bridge\<Framework>\ (Yii2, Laravel, Psr); dropped redundant Laravel class-name prefixes. See UPGRADE-4.0 §7 for the namespace map (tonydspaniard)
• Enh #73: Require PHP 8.3, 8.4 or 8.5; dropped support for everything below 8.3 (tonydspaniard)
• Dropped the marc-mabe/php-enum dependency; Enums\* classes are now plain final classes exposing the same public const values (tonydspaniard)
• Bumped bacon/bacon-qr-code to ^3 and khanamiryan/qrcode-detector-decoder to ^2 (tonydspaniard)
• PngWriter and JpgWriter now render with the GD backend by default; ImageMagick is opt-in via the writer constructor (tonydspaniard)
• Renamed the misspelled StyleManager::getGradientTye() to getGradientType(), keeping a deprecated getGradientTye() alias until 3.0 (tonydspaniard)
• QrCode::getGradientType() now returns a BaconQrCode\Renderer\RendererStyle\GradientType instead of a string (tonydspaniard)
• LaravelQrCodeFactory now degrades gracefully to sensible defaults when Laravel's config() helper is not bound, so it can also be used standalone (tonydspaniard)

Fixed

• Fix #68: PNG/JPG output no longer requires ImageMagick, avoiding the Windows RegistryKeyLookupFailed 'CoderModulesPath' error; only ext-gd is needed (tonydspaniard)
• Fixed radial and inverse-diagonal gradients rendering as solid black: the margin whitespace-trim looked for the exact foreground colour, which is absent at the edges of those gradients (tonydspaniard)

Laravel Blade Component is now available on the package

Gradient foreground color and foreground style features available

SVG Format can have labels and logos now;
Added functionality to set background, foreground and label to yii action;
Added alpha option to foreground color;

qrcode library now supports BaconQrCode ^2 and PHP 8+

Support for BaconQrCode ^2

• Enh #18: Initial new release. Total refactor (tonydspaniard)