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[willg]

Hi,

 

I need to call the pdftotext.exe program in a php script. This code is what I have for the windows server. It used to work but doesn't anymore. I cannot change the server settings (so please don't suggest that) so can someone suggest a different coding way to call pdftotext.exe? Many thanks. Note that the pdftotext.exe file is in the same folder as the below script:

 

<?PHP
    $file = "1.pdf";
    $outpath = preg_replace("/\.pdf$/", "", $file).".txt";
    
    system("pdftotext ".escapeshellcmd($file), $ret);
    if ($ret == 0)
    {
        $value = file_get_contents($outpath);
        unlink($outpath);
        print $value;
    }
    if ($ret == 127)
        print "Could not find pdftotext tool.";
    if ($ret == 1)
        print "Could not find pdf file.";
?>

[trq]

It used to work but doesn't anymore.

 

Define doesn't anymore, what results are you getting?

[willg]

I just get a blank page instead of the expected text from the pdf

[willg]

Any ideas?