Comments on: Extracting text from Word Documents via PHP and COM http://www.developertutorials.com/blog/php/extracting-text-from-word-documents-via-php-and-com-81/ Keeping webmasters up-to-date on technology. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:09:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: shanker http://www.developertutorials.com/blog/php/extracting-text-from-word-documents-via-php-and-com-81/#comment-5138 shanker Fri, 26 Sep 2008 07:10:52 +0000 http://www.developertutorials.com/blog/php/extracting-text-from-word-documents-via-php-and-com-81/#comment-5138 Extracting text from Word Documents via PHP and COM:(I have implemented your code in my application it is working properly in my localhost. But in server i am getting the following error. Fatal error: Class 'COM' not found in /www/htdocs/v138698/LSP/QuickQuote/index2.php on line 223 The code is not working in linux server. please tell me how to run this code without errors in linux server. Thanks in advance, Shanker Extracting text from Word Documents via PHP and COM:(I have implemented your code in my application it is working properly in my localhost.
But in server i am getting the following error.
Fatal error: Class ‘COM’ not found in /www/htdocs/v138698/LSP/QuickQuote/index2.php on line 223
The code is not working in linux server.
please tell me how to run this code without errors in linux server.

Thanks in advance,

Shanker

]]> By: Andrew http://www.developertutorials.com/blog/php/extracting-text-from-word-documents-via-php-and-com-81/#comment-3458 Andrew Sat, 09 Aug 2008 20:26:10 +0000 http://www.developertutorials.com/blog/php/extracting-text-from-word-documents-via-php-and-com-81/#comment-3458 // Extract content. $content = (string) $word->ActiveDocument->Content; This command does work, however it only brings back the plain text of the document, you loose all the formatting of the original document. Do you know how you can get the formatted text (spacing, tabs, bolding, fonts...) of the word document back into php ? Thanks. // Extract content.
$content = (string) $word->ActiveDocument->Content;

This command does work, however it only brings back the plain text of the document, you loose all the formatting of the original document.

Do you know how you can get the formatted text (spacing, tabs, bolding, fonts…) of the word document back into php ?

Thanks.

]]> By: Akash Mehta http://www.developertutorials.com/blog/php/extracting-text-from-word-documents-via-php-and-com-81/#comment-331 Akash Mehta Thu, 17 Apr 2008 01:40:42 +0000 http://www.developertutorials.com/blog/php/extracting-text-from-word-documents-via-php-and-com-81/#comment-331 @John: The best way is to install a Word-file-reading application on the server, and call the binary via exec(). Try http://directory.fsf.org/project/catdoc/, wv or antiword. This blog post - http://tech.forumone.com/archives/53-Extracting-text-from-Office-and-PDF-files.html - may also help. @John: The best way is to install a Word-file-reading application on the server, and call the binary via exec(). Try http://directory.fsf.org/project/catdoc/, wv or antiword. This blog post - http://tech.forumone.com/archives/53-Extracting-text-from-Office-and-PDF-files.html - may also help.

]]> By: John http://www.developertutorials.com/blog/php/extracting-text-from-word-documents-via-php-and-com-81/#comment-329 John Wed, 16 Apr 2008 22:14:50 +0000 http://www.developertutorials.com/blog/php/extracting-text-from-word-documents-via-php-and-com-81/#comment-329 Have you figured out a way to do this on a unix box? Have you figured out a way to do this on a unix box?

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