Reading PDF using PHP

[jyotsnaj 0]

Hi,

Can we read/manipulate PDF in PHP? Would appreciate your help.

 

Thanks,

Jyotsna

[trq 255]

Yes.

[P5system 1]

You can check the url:

http://php.net/manual/en/function.pdf-open-file.php

[jyotsnaj 0]

Hi,

 

Actually we have a question paper in PDF. We wanted to read each question from that PDF and save it in a database. Is there any PHP library or module which allow us to do sublayering kind of thing on PDFs ?

 

Thanks,

Jyotsna

[P5system 1]

To just get the text from a PDF file, try these:
- http://davidwalsh.name/read-pdf-doc-file-php
- http://www.webcheatsheet.com/php/reading_clean_text_from_pdf.php (more in-depth)

For a more heavyweight solutions, have a look at:
- http://www.setasign.de/products/pdf-php-solutions/fpdi/