# PDF Thumbnail using PHP (not ImageMagick)

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pdf-thumbnail-using-php-not-imagemagick/237869
**Category:** programming
**Created:** [September 4, 2007, 11:36pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pdf-thumbnail-using-php-not-imagemagick/237869 "2007-09-04T23:36:39Z")
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### Author: ![DHDesign](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b19c9b/32.png) [@DHDesign](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/DHDesign)
#### Post date: [September 4, 2007, 11:36pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pdf-thumbnail-using-php-not-imagemagick/237869/1 "2007-09-04T23:36:39Z")

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im trying to generate PDF thumbnails from the first page of an uploaded PDF using PHP…i dont want to use ImageMagick…i have found articles that show that this is possible on a .NET platform, but nothing for PHP…but im guessing if one language can do it, then PHP should be able to do it as well.

any thoughts, direction, advice?

thanks!