reading pdf files with php

[erikm]

Hi, is there some way to read pdf files with php?
thanks

 

[bpakidz]

I'd like to know this too, as it may help making sending info a lot easier. Thanks!

 

[quantum1]

By read do you mean read in the text content within the pdf file? That is, read the pdf file as if it were a text file? The question may sound obvious but I just want to clarify.

 

[Jake]

PDF from php.net

http://us2.php.net/manual/en/ref.pdf.php

edit: there are some good code examples at the bottom of that page.

 

[erikm]

thanks Jake, I have found a very interesting link about xpdf package on linux. This package has a tool called pdftotext, and it seems to work fine.