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Re: PDF extract text [message #185515 is a reply to message #185508]

Mon, 07 April 2014 15:53

Michael Vilain
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In article <lhtavi$dh$1(at)online(dot)de>,
Philipp Kraus <philipp(dot)kraus(at)flashpixx(dot)de> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> how can I extract text, images and other structures can be ignored,
> with PHP from a PDF file?
> We have a lot of LaTeX PDFs and Powerpoint PDFs and would like to
> extract only the text content
> to create a text analysis of the content eg for LaTeX scripts we would
> like the chapter structure as well.
>
> Is there any solution to do this with build-in PHP functions?
>
> Thanks
>
> Phil

I tried a bunch of stuff to read some bank statements that were in PDF
format so I could import them via CSV. Didn't work out so well. Adobe's
OCR feature only works if the PDFs are unlocked to allow it. I found an
application that would do that but the OCRed text was unusable.

So, my question is "what's generating the PDF files?" Can you get
whomever to do it in text or some other format? If they're encrypted
images, then you've got a lot of work to do in order to get some output.
Maybe.

Good luck with this...

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		PDF extract text By: Philipp Kraus on Mon, 07 April 2014 04:53
		Re: PDF extract text By: Thomas 'PointedEars' on Mon, 07 April 2014 11:44
		Re: PDF extract text By: Christoph Michael Bec on Mon, 07 April 2014 19:52
		Re: PDF extract text By: Thomas 'PointedEars' on Mon, 07 April 2014 20:12
		Re: PDF extract text By: Michael Vilain on Mon, 07 April 2014 15:53
		Re: PDF extract text By: Thomas 'PointedEars' on Mon, 07 April 2014 17:38

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