converting .doc files to text and storing in a Mysql DB?

[MythX]

I'm trying to make an upload script which stores a document in a mysql database as text. So that basically, I can upload a document, and then use that document just as if it were text in the database, for something like a news script.

Are there any tutorials around or scripts which do this/teach how to do this?

Also, are there any document to HTML scripts/tutorials around? to keep the formatting I get the feeling that I may need to convert the word document to HTML, then insert the HTML coding into the mysql database.

Thanks for any help that anyone can give me,
James

[stuartc1]

if you want to keep the formatting then im pretty sure you will have to convert it to HTML first. I found this piece if software that can do the conversion and you can execute it from withing PHPL Word Converter X

HTH🙂