Re: Deconstruct PDF

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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

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