Export to PowerPoint (*.ppt)

Question

Hi all,

do you have any idea how to export html/xml/json data into PowerPoint format in php?

Tanks in advance

Answer 1

The most probable way to solve this is by finding a commandline program that does the conversion. Then you can call the commandline program with shell_exec.

However, I don't know any program at all that does what you want. =/ Maybe you can do it with OpenOffice.org Impress in headless mode?

Answer 2

As of PowerPoint 2007, documents can be saved and editied as XML. See http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb739834.aspx for reference.

I am not aware of any PHP libraries that offer an interface for the creation of ppt files. Therefore, your best bet is probably DomDocument.