GS1 DataBar Expanded Stacked

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20 Sep 2026 - Nicola Asuni

Expanded, folded into rows, for labels that are taller than they are wide. A row holds an even number of segments, from 2 to 20, and the default of 4 suits most label shapes.

Type Token

Item	Value
Type token	`DATABAREXPSTACK`
Enum case	`BarcodeType::DATABAREXPSTACK`
Family	Linear
Standard	ISO/IEC 24724
Class	`\Com\Tecnick\Barcode\Type\Linear\GsOneDataBarExpandedStacked`

Input

Item	Value
Character set	the printable ASCII characters, in the bracketed element string form
Length	4 to 22 symbol characters, up to 252 bits of compacted data
Check	per Application Identifier, where the definition specifies one
Extra parameters	2 (see below)

Extra Parameters

Appended to the type token after commas, as in DATABAREXPSTACK,0,6.

Position	Meaning	Values	Default
1	2D component linkage flag	`1` sets the linkage bit	unset
2	segments per row	an even number from 2 to 20	4

Examples

Four segments per row, the default

<?php

require_once __DIR__ . '/vendor/autoload.php';

$barcode = new \Com\Tecnick\Barcode\Barcode();
$bobj = $barcode->getBarcodeObj(
    type: 'DATABAREXPSTACK',
    code: '(01)90614141000015(3202)000150',
    width: -3,
    height: -3,
    color: 'black',
    padding: [0, 0, 0, 0],
)->setBackgroundColor('white');

echo $bobj->getInlineSvgCode();

GS1 DataBar Expanded Stacked barcode encoding (01)90614141000015(3202)000150

Six segments per row, a wider symbol

$bobj = $barcode->getBarcodeObj(
    type: 'DATABAREXPSTACK,0,6',
    code: '(01)90614141000015(3202)000150',
    width: -3,
    height: -3,
    color: 'black',
    padding: [0, 0, 0, 0],
)->setBackgroundColor('white');