.pdf to .txt php converterter[resolve]

[mykajay]

how can i fetch the txt content of a pdf file? Is that supported by 110mb?

[Slittzle]

well if the pdf file is on the same server it's easier to do, otherwise you have to retrieve the contents which can become server intensive (especially since some pdfs can be really large). Let's assume the file is on the same server, you can try using the inbuilt pdf tools (see here http://php.net/pdf). The easiest way I can think of is if the pdf file is indexed by google, it shows a link that says 'view as html' - you could just retrieve that page and then you have it already converted.

Most of the inbuilt php features are intended for creating pdfs.

[mykajay]

ok thank you so much, i will used that for a word game, it just happen that i don't like to type the whole pdf file lol

[robleyd]

It doesn't look like the PDF functions are available on 110mb - certainly not on Box 4 - and they don't seem to have any pdf to text capabilities anyway. A quick search suggests that there is nothing in PEAR or PECL to do this either.

[mykajay]

It doesn't look like the PDF functions are available on 110mb - certainly not on Box 4 - and they don't seem to have any pdf to text capabilities anyway. A quick search suggests that there is nothing in PEAR or PECL to do this either.

thanks again for a quick reply i think i will convert it first to .txt into my localhost before anything else

[Slittzle]

That's best, that way you can format it as you want.