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Re: PDF extract text [message #185516 is a reply to message #185515]

Mon, 07 April 2014 17:38

Thomas 'PointedEars'
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Michael Vilain wrote:

> Philipp Kraus <philipp(dot)kraus(at)flashpixx(dot)de> wrote:
>> 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?
>
> 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?"

The ability to read can be of advantage sometimes …

> Can you get whomever to do it in text or some other format?

OMG. One can leave it to you to give the worst possible technical advice.

> If they're encrypted images, then you've got a lot of work to do in order
> to get some output. Maybe.

Nobody but you is talking about images and OCR. You really don't have a
clue what PDF is, do you?

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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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