reading microsoft word document text i

hello, i need to read a microsoft Word document on the server through my file system. is there a way i can read the text of a word document?

thanks/erick

On a unix or windows installation of php?

sorry, here is the platform:

i need to read the text from these files, i dont care about the formatting.

i tried this code:

$filename = "1.doc";
$fd = fopen($filename, "rb");
$contents = fread ($fd, filesize ($filename));
fclose ($fd);

echo "$contents <p>";

but this prints a load of junk text apart from my text as well! how can i remove that junk text, for instance?

when i try with pdf, i only see junk.

would really appreciate any ideas!
thanx/erick

I think you may find a couple external programs that could help on freshmeat.net but you're basicly screwed.

If you have access to a windows machine, setup corba objects to do the job. If you can move to a windows machine, use COM to do the work.

Bad solutions all around, I know, but you're working with bad file formats.

Tom

There is a very easy method:

Put the data from the word/excel/pdf file in a new frame or window. The client-system will use the browser-preferred method to show the file.

Example:

This will create a link. If you click, the word-file will open in a frame_contents or in a new window.

Hey Rein do you think people above discussing are fool