Re: Deconstruct PDF

On Thu, 2008-09-18 at 15:20 -0400, Eric Butera wrote: > 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. > 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