Is it possible under php?

puppymagic · 06-16-2010, 10:35 AM

User submits a ms word file, and the php can recognize the number of words? Is it only possible for ms win server?

Thanks, dudes and gals!!

smoker · 06-16-2010, 11:32 AM

It's not really possible without the com objects, but you can try making your own.

From http://www.mousewhisperer.co.uk/php_page.html

Quote:

Code:

<?php
/*****************************************************************
This approach uses detection of NUL (chr(00)) and end line (chr(13))
to decide where the text is:
- divide the file contents up by chr(13)
- reject any slices containing a NUL
- stitch the rest together again
- clean up with a regular expression
*****************************************************************/

function parseWord($userDoc) 
{
    $fileHandle = fopen($userDoc, "r");
    $line = @fread($fileHandle, filesize($userDoc));   
    $lines = explode(chr(0x0D),$line);
    $outtext = "";
    foreach($lines as $thisline)
      {
        $pos = strpos($thisline, chr(0x00));
        if (($pos !== FALSE)||(strlen($thisline)==0))
          {
          } else {
            $outtext .= $thisline." ";
          }
      }
    $outtext = preg_replace("/[^a-zA-Z0-9\s\,\.\-\n\r\t@\/\_\(\)]/","",$outtext);
    return $outtext;
}    
?>

Using the function is as easy as:

Code:

$text = parseWord($userDoc);

The recovered text can then be processed as required, e.g. put into an index, or a MySQL table having a FULLTEXT index applied etc.

You could then use wc to count the words you retrieved by accessing $text.

I have no idea if this works BTW.