RE: [PHP] How to fetch .DOC or .DOCX file in php

> -----Original Message----- > From: Jagdeep Singh [mailto:jagsaini1982@gmail.com] > Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2008 8:39 AM > To: php-general@lists.php.net > Subject: [PHP] How to fetch .DOC or .DOCX file in php > Importance: Low > > Hi ! > > I want to fetch text from .doc / .docx file and save it into database > file. > But when I tried to fetch text with fopen/fgets etc ... It gave me > special > characters with text. > > (With .txt files everything is fine) > Only problem is with doc/docx files. > I dont know whow to remove "SPECIAL CHARACTERS" from this text ... A.) This has been handled on this list several times. Please search the archives before posting a question. B.) Did you even TRY to Google for this? In the first 5 matches for "php open ms word" I found this: http://www.developertutorials.com/blog/php/extracting-text-from-word-doc uments-via-php-and-com-81/ You will need an MS Windows machine for this solution to work. If you're using *nix... well... good luck. // Todd