extracting text from pdf files

[runner7@fastmail.fm]

Can anyone help me with how to extract text from pdf files using PHP or
ColdFusion? Thanks for any help.

[petersprc@gmail.com]

Re: extracting text from pdf files

Hi,

Try the Xpdf project. Run the pdftotext command in the shell to produce
the text.

http://www.foolabs.com/xpdf/download.html

There's more tips at php.net/pdf.

runner7@fastmai l.fm wrote:

Can anyone help me with how to extract text from pdf files using PHP or
ColdFusion? Thanks for any help.

[runner7]

Re: extracting text from pdf files

petersprc@gmail .com wrote:

Hi,
>
Try the Xpdf project. Run the pdftotext command in the shell to produce
the text.
>

http://www.foolabs.com/xpdf/download.html

>
There's more tips at php.net/pdf.
>
runner7@fastmai l.fm wrote:

Can anyone help me with how to extract text from pdf files using PHP or
ColdFusion? Thanks for any help.

I really appreciate this lead, thanks, but can I do this all
programmaticall y without having to manually use a command line? I need
to process hundreds of pdf files to text and then extract what I need
from them.

[Toby Inkster]

Re: extracting text from pdf files

runner7 wrote:

I really appreciate this lead, thanks, but can I do this all
programmaticall y without having to manually use a command line? I need
to process hundreds of pdf files to text and then extract what I need
from them.

The system() function.

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Toby A Inkster BSc (Hons) ARCS
Contact Me ~ http://tobyinkster.co.uk/contact

[Thomas Merz]

Re: extracting text from pdf files

runner7@fastmai l.fm wrote:

Can anyone help me with how to extract text from pdf files using PHP or
ColdFusion? Thanks for any help.

Our TET product extracts the text from PDF. It contains a programming
interface for PHP (and other languages); you can directly
fetch the text (and coordinates, font, etc.) from your PHP
script. Free evaluation version on our Web site.

Thomas

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