Re: Saving file contents in text format

Alexis, There are some command line conversion tools that you could run them through to get what you want. exec() the conversion into a variable insert into the database If using Unix check Freshmeat.net. If you are using Windows, there is probably something out there, but I don't know where to look. Download.com? Hans On Wed, 23 Aug 2000, Alexis wrote: > Hi, > > Is it possible to open and read the contents of any text file which has > formatting within it (.DOC, RTF, etc) and save it as just plain Text? > > The reason for doing this is that the site I am developing would store a > user's resume as a file, but then the customer would want to search the > contents of the resumes, and I thought the easiest way would be store the > text in a database and search upon that. > > Any advice would be most appreciated, but could you reply direct, as I am > set on Digest mode. > > Many thanks > Alexis > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net > > > Hans Anderson ~ me@hansanderson.com PO Box 426, Missoula, MT 59806 | PHP, Search Engines, SQL (800)397-9116 / (406)549-6524 | Databases, Flash Multimedia, http://www.hansanderson.com | Killer Audio Production, http://www.goofiness.com | Minty Fresh Breath.