How to read contents of .doc file using file handling

atulkul · #1 (**permalink**) 07-19-06, 09:05 AM

Hello ,

I can read contents from .txt file but when i use same for a .doc file it doen't show up the contents as it is but showing some disordered characters.
So how to do for .doc file,plz help me out from this problem
Thanks

Nico · #2 (**permalink**) 07-19-06, 09:10 AM

That's not possible. Doc files are binary. If you open it with notepad or something similar you will see these characters as well.

mab · #3 (**permalink**) 07-19-06, 09:38 AM

If PHP is running on a Windows operating system you can use COM/OLE to do this - http://us2.php.net/com I know that this can read EXCEL files, but I don't know of any pre-existing PHP class/script that would show you how to do this for WORD files.