On Thu, 2008-09-18 at 15:30 -0400, Eric Butera wrote: > On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 3:28 PM, Ashley Sheridan > <ash@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Thu, 2008-09-18 at 15:20 -0400, Eric Butera wrote: > >> On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 3:15 PM, Ashley Sheridan > >> <ash@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> > Hi All, > >> > > >> > I'm not sure if this is possible, but basically I was wondering if > >> > anyone had any experience with using PHP to read/deconstruct a PDF file. > >> > > >> > I'm asking because a system I built at work is being used by a complete > >> > computer illiterate. Even after careful step-by-step instruction, she > >> > still keeps trying to upload a PDF in a form carefully marked as a CSV > >> > upload, and she wonders why it doesn't work. She knows how to press the > >> > PDF button on Word to create the PDF, and that's about it. I was just > >> > wondering if there was a way I could extract the information I wanted > >> > from the PDF (it's a fairly simple affair, just text and no images.) If > >> > not, perhaps there's a way to extract what I need from a Word document? > >> > > >> > Thanks, > >> > > >> > > >> > Ash > >> > www.ashleysheridan.co.uk > >> > > >> > >> I heard one of the goals of Zend_PDF was to be able to read them and > >> index them with the Zend_Search_Lucene. As for if that works or > >> not, I don't know.. but maybe it might be a starting point for you. > >> > > Thanks, I think that'll do what I need it to (albeit depending on M$ not > > making a hash of the PDF it produces!) This is going to sound like a bit > > of a dumb question, but would I need to recompile PHP to make use of > > this? The server itself is IIS, if that makes a difference also. > > > > > > Ash > > www.ashleysheridan.co.uk > > > > > > Nope, ZF is just a bunch of php classes that you require into your > script. Since I'm on unix I just symlink it into the include path, > but you can also just copy it right in so you don't have to duplicate > it a hundred times. :) > Thanks! I'll try and get working with that later tonight! Ash www.ashleysheridan.co.uk
