convert .doc to html or txt on fly (during upload) with PHP

[namigo]

I want to parse .doc files or convert it to HTML or txt files when user upload it. i found this link ( http://instruform.com/wordconv.phps) but it is not working. Can anybody suggest some php script for the same.(need urgently). please give some suggestion....

Thanks in advance

[aoglib]

Maby you can help this script .doc to text/html .
If you can made script more functionally, share it. thanks

[BzzBee]

this could help you

<?php

// htmlviewer.php
// convert a Word doc to an HTML file

//$DocumentPath = str_replace("\\", "\", $DocumentPath);
$DocumentPath="C:/Archivos de programa/Easyphp/www/subidas/curric.doc";

// create an instance of the Word application
$word = new COM("word.application") or die("Unable to instantiate application object");

// creating an instance of the Word Document object
$wordDocument = new COM("word.document") or die("Unable to instantiate document object");
$word->Visible = 0;
// open up an empty document
$wordDocument = $word->Documents->Open($DocumentPath);

// create the filename for the HTML version
$HTMLPath = substr_replace($DocumentPath, 'txt', -3, 3);

// save the document as HTML
$wordDocument->SaveAs($HTMLPath, 3);

// clean up
$wordDocument = null;
$word->Quit();
$word = null;

// redirect the browser to the newly-created document header("Location:". $HTMLPath);

header("Location:". $HTMLPath);
?>

[aoglib]

It's good script but I need do something like that WITHOUT USE COM objects. Site with this script is hosting by Linux provier

[bhmb2000]

Hi friends,

I am new in php and same problem i am facing in conversion.
I want to convert .doc/.docx/.rtf file to .txt or .html format.
i am using linux server so preferably can't choose COM component.
Can any one help me out. ITs urgent.

thanks in advance.

[chrishea]

This comes up on a fairly regular basis and I don't think that anyone has identified a really good solution. There are one or two (PHP) programs that attempt to convert from Doc to text but they aren't 100% accurate. It can be done with COM but that doesn't help you on Linux. You could do it as a local program (with COM) rather than as a server-based program. In that case you would do the conversion and the upload from the user end. This is very "do-able" but has the obvious inconvenience for the user of having to download the program. A program like that could be done quite easily using Autoit.

Other ways at it could be:
* Convert it to PDF (using the Zend conversion tool) and store / display that.
* Have the user upload something other than a .doc file (e.g. RTF) that you may be able to interpret more easily. You could also have them save from Word into html directly but the output is a terrible jumble that you wouldn't want to deal with.
* Possibly try to incorporate Open Office components that might be able to do this.
* Just leave it as a Doc file and save / display that.

[thirdeie]

I have the same problem: works on local but not on linux server.

[Priti_P]

IS there anyone who found solution for this??
need it!

[Priti_P]

wow...
just got the solution.
see the link http://www.wagner.pp.ru/~vitus/software/catdoc/
If you are a Linux/Ubuntu user then
1]just download the catdoc-0.94.2.tar.gz file. Extract it.
2]Go to terminal and go to extracted directory.
3]run commands
./configure
make
sudo make install
(Hope that it will get instlled!!!)
4]if installation is successful then try command man catdoc.
(It should give you manual of catdoc)
5]Now just do
catdoc <file_name.doc>
6] If want its output in another text file the
catdoc <file_name.doc> > xyz.txt

Hope it works.
because it worked for me.
Please let me know if am wrong.

[rb.dhoriya]

@Priti_P

That is very good alternative solution, who only needs to read "textual" data.

Thanks!

[VEDPRAKASH_1]

We have several pdf/doc files/ We need to convert them into html pages. Kindly write a php code for it. You need to get a third party library for it.

Input -

1. a doc file(we will do it for pdfs later on)
2. directory path where html page should be saved
3. name of html page

Output - a html page with given name in the given directory
plzz solve my problam

[pritaeas]

This forum is not a problem solving service.

If you have problems coding this, post what you have, clearly explain your issue and you will get help.