Re: Deconstruct PDF

On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 3:15 PM, Ashley Sheridan <ash@ashleysheridan.co.uk> 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.