Reading ms word doc from linux shell script

[balas]

hi

 

i have used this following script in the linux system to read the ms doc (Say Resume) files. It is working fine in the terminal mode and displaying the output content of the ms word, but the same script doesnt bring the output in browser to display in web page. Is there any solution?

 

<?

 

function catdoc_file($fname)

{

$ret = shell_exec('catdoc -ab '.escapeshellarg($fname) .' 2>&1');

 

if (preg_match('/^sh: line 1: catdoc/i',$ret)) {

echo "err";

return false;

}

return trim($ret);

}

 

//echo catdoc_string("sfdsf");

echo $a=catdoc_file("resume.doc");

 

?>

 

Thanks

Bala

[rarebit]

Have you any output???

Is it installed for server user?