Hey Erick,
unfortunately I know little about this myself, but I'm sure, this article
will help you as a starting point.
http://www.phpbuilder.com/columns/alain20001003.php3
Good luck
-ren
----- Original Message -----
From: "Erick Papadakis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, March 26, 2001 11:50 AM
Subject: Re: [PHP] reading microsoft word, excel, pdf document text
> hi david,
>
> thanks for the note. ok, here is what i want to do. i
> want my users to upload WORD, XLS, PPT and PDF files.
> when they upload, i store these files in the temp
> directory, grab the text from them, and then put it
> into my database for later searching. i dont care
> about the formatting, i only care about the text
> because i need the keywords later for searching.
>
> can i run some sort of a parser on the server side
> like the wvware.com's word parser and just call it
> through php? i have not been able to figure out how to
> do this using php.
>
> i would really appreciate any ideas and suggestions!
>
> thanks/erick
>
>
>
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