php parser

[Selmi Mourad]

Hello,
I like to know wheter it is possible with php to do the following
taskes:
- read a file (.txt, .doc, .pdf, ...) word by word to chek if a word
or a sentencs exists...
- chek the form of presentation of a word i.e. chek if the word is
bold, in which size, is it centered or aligned to left,...
thank you for your help

[Colin McKinnon]

Re: php parser

Selmi Mourad wrote:
[color=blue]
> Hello,
> I like to know wheter it is possible with php to do the following
> taskes:
> - read a file (.txt, .doc, .pdf, ...) word by word to chek if a word
> or a sentencs exists...
> - chek the form of presentation of a word i.e. chek if the word is
> bold, in which size, is it centered or aligned to left,...
> thank you for your help[/color]

.....yes, strictly speaking it's *possible*. But unless you have COM wrappers
for these files which provide this kind of functionality, then you really
don't want to try implementing yourself in PHP.

C.

[Erwin Moller]

Re: php parser

Selmi Mourad wrote:
[color=blue]
> Hello,
> I like to know wheter it is possible with php to do the following
> taskes:
> - read a file (.txt, .doc, .pdf, ...) word by word to chek if a word
> or a sentencs exists...
> - chek the form of presentation of a word i.e. chek if the word is
> bold, in which size, is it centered or aligned to left,...
> thank you for your help[/color]

Hi,

You can probably easily search a plaintextfile, coding it yourself.
But if you enter the (evil) domain of propietary software, like doc, you
need some code (in a com or something) to help you access the file.
Or a friendly guy who backengeneered the stuff.

Have a look a .doc in a plaintext editor and see how that looks...

And then there is a newer Word-version.
Things start over again.

Anyway, I'll stop ranting.

Have a look here:

http://nl2.php.net/manual/en/ref.com.php

You will find some pdf-api at least.

Be sure to read the notes too.
They contain a few examples on M$-based systems with COM.

Good luck

Regards,
Erwin Moller

[Malcolm Dew-Jones]

Re: php parser

Selmi Mourad (selmi.mourad@l aposte.net) wrote:
: Hello,
: I like to know wheter it is possible with php to do the following
: taskes:
: - read a file (.txt, .doc, .pdf, ...) word by word to chek if a word
: or a sentencs exists...
: - chek the form of presentation of a word i.e. chek if the word is
: bold, in which size, is it centered or aligned to left,...
: thank you for your help


for .doc files, google "antiword"


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