Alternative QR-code library

[Lewiscowles1986]

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Looks like I got a response to #8 from Terence edent/QR-Generator-PHP#1

As mentioned in my follow-up comment, I think perhaps this is a good opportunity for me to check if there are alternatives, and this might be a good time to look at issues such as suitability for shared hosting using gd or imagick rather than shelling out.

I'd still like to pursue #8 even if it means changing approach or library. I Understand this could mean defining an interface so that I could use the existing QR approach to check against any library.

Is this something you'd consider a PR for?

[Lewiscowles1986]

library	php compatibility	last-update	packagist	ext-required	license
kairos/phpqrcode	>=4.3.10	2013-03-20	✔️	N/A	LGPLv3
endroid/qr-code	>=7.2	2020-03-31	✔️	ext-gd, ext-iconv	MIT
jucksearm/php-barcode	>=5.4	2017-06-05	✔️	N/A	LGPLv3
bacon/bacon-qr-code	^7.1	2019-10-27	✔️	ext-iconv	BSD 2-Clause

I personally consider any runtime < 7.1 to be quite problematic, but GWG of indieweb had some interesting perspectives for compatibility with older runtimes, even when running newer runtimes.

I'm happy to look at more

[mapkyca]

I'm absolutely not wedded to the current QR generator, so happy to have something that is more widely supported.

My requirements would be:

• No requirements (modules or shelling out to an application) that aren't in a default install
• Generate compatible codes for Google authenticator

As for PHP version, my hard line view for Known and Known related plugins is that I officially do not care and won't make any effort to support any PHP version that is EOL on PHP.net, so totally happy for anything 7.2 and above.