From: Srinivasa Rao D > > * How better, i can read ms-word doc files from PHP on LINUX OS*.On > searching I got *catdoc* softaware.By using this i can read word doc data as > a text. It would be helpful to have a little more context. What do you want to do with the text you read this way? When I run across a MS-Word document, my browser is configured to download it to disk. Then I open it with OpenOffice.write and extract what I need. Bob McConnell -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php