Convert .doc to html in php

Question

Has anyone found a good class, or other file that will convert a .doc file into html or something that I can read and turn into html?

I have been looking around for a couple hours now and have only found ones that require msword on the server in order to convert the file. I am pretty sure that is not an option but I have not actually talked to my hosting provider about it.

The goal is for a user to be able to upload the file to my server and the server handle the conversion and then display it as html, much like googles view as html feature.

Answer 1

Take a look at:

• Create Word Document using PHP in Linux
• How can I display Word documents in a textarea using PHP?

Answer 2

Not sure if this helps but similar question's can be found here:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/188452/readingwriting-a-ms-word-file-in-php

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/90363/getting-php-to-read-doc-files-on-linux

Answer 3

A project called phpLiveDocx does what you want. It is a SOAP based service, but can be used free of charge. For a basic introduction, please see: http://www.phplivedocx.org/articles/brief-introduction-to-phplivedocx/

Answer 4

You can use Aspose.Words to convert DOC to HTML. But it comes either for .NET or Java. You will need to invoke it from PHP, for more see article http://www.aspose.com/documentation/.net-components/aspose.words-for-.net-and-java/utilize-aspose-words-in-other-programming-languages.html

Answer 5

Install open office on your system and run this on the command line:

/usr/bin/soffice -headless "macro:///Standard.Convert.SaveAsHtml(test.doc)"

Answer 6

intall and use abiword, like this:

AbiWord --to=html archivo.doc

you can call this command from php.