mikebyrne Posted July 7, 2009 Share Posted July 7, 2009 Im just wondering if anyone has any sample code to convert a pdf file to excel so I can edit it to suit my project? Any help on this would be great!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psycho Posted July 7, 2009 Share Posted July 7, 2009 I think you are going to have a tough time to find anything to fit your needs. Because of how a PDF is created trying to reverse engineer it is not a simple task. It would be even more complex in trying to decipher the code into a table structure. There are solutions, but most, if not all, will cost money. And, I don't know of any that are strait PHP. The solutions I know of would require the installation of software on a server which the web application (in PHP or another language) would interact with. There are some free services, but none that I know of which you could utilize via a web application. Here is one which requires you to upload a file via a form and then receive a confirmation via email once the file is ready. Not exactly a real-time solution. http://www.freepdfconvert.com/convert_pdf_to_source.asp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Baker Posted July 7, 2009 Share Posted July 7, 2009 PDF files can be almost impossible to read and interpret the data unless they have a very precisely defined structure; and even then, it isn't easy. It's entirely possible for a PDF to comprise nothing but bit images of scanned text, or all the features of a Word Document. This makes difficult to read, and extract anything of value. Give us a sample of the type of structure your PDF files have, and I might be able to come up with something If it's possible to read the PDF, then creating an Excel file is easy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebyrne Posted July 7, 2009 Author Share Posted July 7, 2009 Each page is in a fairly standard format for example Polling Station: Athy Boys Nat. School - Room 01 Ardreigh (ED Athy Rural) Athy 1 Callan, Cthy Wxxxide 2 Callan, Lam Waysxxxe 3 Callan, Marget Wayde 4 Callen, Cathne Bray Road 5 Callen, Tithy Bray Road 6 Carbery, Emma Farill 7 Carbery, Jeriah Farmhill 8 Carbery, Mry Farml 9 Carbery, Sarh Fahill 10 Cuy, Brian Bchlawn 11 Cully-Wall, Brda Beechlawn There's 2 columns on each page Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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