Re: Searching MS Word Docs

Here is an example: ------------------------------------------ $filename = "thefile.doc"; $fd = fopen ( $filename, "r" ); $contents = fread ( $fd, filesize($filename) ); ## contents of file are now in a string fclose ($fd); ## now, since you have contents of file in string $contents, you can use regex to search for keywords $keyword = "name"; ## eregi is the non-case-sensitive way to search strings. ## you can also use the perl regex: preg_match so that you can use perl-like regexes ( /$pattern/i ), etc. if( eregi( $keyword, $contents ) ) echo "The word \"name\" has been found.<br>"; else echo "The word \"name\" has not been found.<br>"; ------------------------------------------ Again, go to php.net and look up all the possible ways to search strings. good luck, Nicole Amashta www.aeontrek.com "Todd Williamsen" <todd@williamsen.net> wrote in message news:20020208195034.90279.qmail@pb1.pair.com... > interesting... cool eh? > > i will give it a whirl... > > now I got to figure out the regex function > > > "Nicole Amashta" <430ntr3k@bellsouth.net> wrote in message > news:20020208194711.83171.qmail@pb1.pair.com... > > I made a test file in word. It's funky, but it still has the actual text > in > > ascii. You should - just an assumption - be able to open the doc with php > > and read through the file doing a keyword search. > > > > Can't hurt to experiment with it. > > > > good luck, > > Nicole Amashta > > www.aeontrek.com > > > > > > "Todd Williamsen" <todd@williamsen.net> wrote in message > > news:20020208193739.67610.qmail@pb1.pair.com... > > > Nicole, > > > > > > I have no idea if its ASCII formatted or not. I wonder if there is a > way > > to > > > find out? > > > > > > > > > "Nicole Amashta" <430ntr3k@bellsouth.net> wrote in message > > > news:20020208193201.49760.qmail@pb1.pair.com... > > > > OK, I am not exactly sure of the format of word docs off hand. But if > > they > > > > are an ascii format, you can just read through the file using PHP and > > use > > > > regular expressions to search for the words. Just a suggestion. > > > > > > > > That's just if it's ascii format. Read the whole file into a string, > > then > > > > search the string with a regular expression function. > > > > > > > > > > > > http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.regex.php > > > > > > > > Here is some help on regex's if you don't know already. > > > > > > > > Nicole Amashta > > > > Web App. Dev. > > > > www.aeontrek.com > > > > > > > > "Todd Williamsen" <todd@williamsen.net> wrote in message > > > > news:20020208192757.41472.qmail@pb1.pair.com... > > > > > I have an application in which I would like to search MS Word docs > > with > > > > PHP > > > > > and I am assuming with COM to perform this. The Documents reside on > a > > > > Linux > > > > > box(for now). Now I want to be able to search these documents with > > > > > keywords. > > > > > > > > > > Is this possible? Where do I look to do perform this? Will COM run > > on > > > > > Linux or will php, mySQL will have to reside on a Windows > application? > > > > > > > > > > Thanks! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >