[PHP] RE: Can php convert doc to HTML?
On 5/23/06, Martin Alterisio [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If that's the case, why don't you just use the export as web page or save as web page tools of MS Word (if you don't have it anymore you can as someone who still has it, or I think OpenOffice also has a similar tool). Because there are 200 of them. Dotan Cohen Unless you want to do them one at a time, you'll need to write code. Unless this is something that you need to do a lot, why not write the code using OOo's programming language? Seems like all the appropriate hooks should be there to pull in each Word doc, push it off as HTML, and repeat for all the docs. I haven't worked with OOo for programming, but it might be worth a look. Hit the OOo site and see what their forums have to offer. Doug ___ This e-mail message has been sent by Kollsman, Inc. and is for the use of the intended recipients only. The message may contain privileged or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient you are hereby notified that any use, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited, and you are requested to delete the e-mail and any attachments and notify the sender immediately. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] RE: Can php convert doc to HTML?
So, here's what you need. http://ftp.45.free.net/pub/catdoc/catdoc-0.94.2.zip This converts doc files to .txt, although I'm not sure that it will keep the format intact. Take care. On 5/24/06, Finner, Doug [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 5/23/06, Martin Alterisio [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If that's the case, why don't you just use the export as web page or save as web page tools of MS Word (if you don't have it anymore you can as someone who still has it, or I think OpenOffice also has a similar tool). Because there are 200 of them. Dotan Cohen Unless you want to do them one at a time, you'll need to write code. Unless this is something that you need to do a lot, why not write the code using OOo's programming language? Seems like all the appropriate hooks should be there to pull in each Word doc, push it off as HTML, and repeat for all the docs. I haven't worked with OOo for programming, but it might be worth a look. Hit the OOo site and see what their forums have to offer. Doug ___ This e-mail message has been sent by Kollsman, Inc. and is for the use of the intended recipients only. The message may contain privileged or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient you are hereby notified that any use, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited, and you are requested to delete the e-mail and any attachments and notify the sender immediately. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] Re: Can php convert doc to HTML?
On 5/23/06, Jay Blanchard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [snip] This may be far-fetched, but can php convert a doc file to HTML? [/snip] http://www.google.com/search?hl=enq=php+convert+word+doc+to+html Thanks, Jay. I mostly found Windows software on google that would do the job. So I decided to roll my own- but being the non-programmer that I am I would have to do it in php. I was half expecting to find that $html_code=doc_to_html($filename); would do it! Of course, that would run with make_coffee(black) running in the background... Dotan
[PHP] Re: Can php convert doc to HTML?
On 5/23/06, tedd [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 7:09 PM +0300 5/23/06, Dotan Cohen wrote: This may be far-fetched, but can php convert a doc file to HTML? I vaguely remember a thread that discussed converting pdf's, but I cannot find reference to either that or to doc in the manual. Any input would be appreciated. If php cannot do this, then could someone recommend a tool that runs on linux that can do the conversion in batch? I have ~200 files to convert. Thanks. Dotan Cohen Dotan: What kind of documents and how to do want to present them? PHP can generate html code and place any text file within in it -- it's simple a matter of arranging things the way you want it to look. For example, you might want to review: http://www.weberdev.com/get_example-1233.html In fact, you can do that without php by using a shtml and includes. But, more specifically, I need to know more about what documents you have and you what you want to do with them. tedd Thanks for the example, Tedd. That script would work if I already had the files in HTML format. I have about two hundred .doc files that I have archived over the years. Now that I'm rid of windows I would still like to use them. I figure that the easiest way to still view the documents, and make them available for others in my faculty, would be to publish them on dotancohen.com . However, I'd need to convert them from .doc format to HTML before I can put them on the web. I know that I can just drag it all over to a winbox at the university and convert them one-by-one in Word, but I'd rather not do that to 200 individual files! Dotan Cohen http://gmail-com.com 56
Re: [PHP] Re: Can php convert doc to HTML?
2006/5/23, Dotan Cohen [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On 5/23/06, tedd [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 7:09 PM +0300 5/23/06, Dotan Cohen wrote: This may be far-fetched, but can php convert a doc file to HTML? I vaguely remember a thread that discussed converting pdf's, but I cannot find reference to either that or to doc in the manual. Any input would be appreciated. If php cannot do this, then could someone recommend a tool that runs on linux that can do the conversion in batch? I have ~200 files to convert. Thanks. Dotan Cohen Dotan: What kind of documents and how to do want to present them? PHP can generate html code and place any text file within in it -- it's simple a matter of arranging things the way you want it to look. For example, you might want to review: http://www.weberdev.com/get_example-1233.html In fact, you can do that without php by using a shtml and includes. But, more specifically, I need to know more about what documents you have and you what you want to do with them. tedd Thanks for the example, Tedd. That script would work if I already had the files in HTML format. I have about two hundred .doc files that I have archived over the years. Now that I'm rid of windows I would still like to use them. I figure that the easiest way to still view the documents, and make them available for others in my faculty, would be to publish them on dotancohen.com . However, I'd need to convert them from .doc format to HTML before I can put them on the web. I know that I can just drag it all over to a winbox at the university and convert them one-by-one in Word, but I'd rather not do that to 200 individual files! Dotan Cohen http://gmail-com.com 56 If that's the case, why don't you just use the export as web page or save as web page tools of MS Word (if you don't have it anymore you can as someone who still has it, or I think OpenOffice also has a similar tool).
[PHP] Re: Can php convert doc to HTML?
Thanks for the example, Tedd. That script would work if I already had the files in HTML format. Try searching the site using html, I found 85 examples that did something with html and php. Searching Google, presented this: http://www.needscripts.com/Resource/15472.html That's another source too. I have about two hundred .doc files that I have archived over the years. Now that I'm rid of windows I would still like to use them. I figure that the easiest way to still view the documents, and make them available for others in my faculty, would be to publish them on dotancohen.com . However, I'd need to convert them from .doc format to HTML before I can put them on the web. I know that I can just drag it all over to a winbox at the university and convert them one-by-one in Word, but I'd rather not do that to 200 individual files! Dotan Cohen If you were on a Mac, you could batch change the doc's into html pretty easily using AppleScript. You know that Word can save doc's directly to html. tedd -- http://sperling.com http://ancientstones.com http://earthstones.com -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Re: Can php convert doc to HTML?
On 5/23/06, Martin Alterisio [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If that's the case, why don't you just use the export as web page or save as web page tools of MS Word (if you don't have it anymore you can as someone who still has it, or I think OpenOffice also has a similar tool). Because there are 200 of them. Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com 323
Re: [PHP] Re: Can php convert doc to HTML?
2006/5/23, Dotan Cohen [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On 5/23/06, Martin Alterisio [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If that's the case, why don't you just use the export as web page or save as web page tools of MS Word (if you don't have it anymore you can as someone who still has it, or I think OpenOffice also has a similar tool). Because there are 200 of them. Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com 323 Open file, choose file, save as web page, close file ~ 2 minutes 200 files * 2 minutes = 400 minutes ~ 7 hours How much hours have you wasted looking for a php script? Anyway, I understand... it's a pain in the ass. Whay you're doing wrong is: you have turned your solution into a problem and forgot what the real problem was. Why don't look for another solution: http://www.google.com/search?q=batch+convert+word+to+html But they'll probably ask money for it, so why don't just: http://www.google.com/search?q=batch+convert+word+to+html+free
Re: [PHP] Re: Can php convert doc to HTML?
my 2cents Martin Alterisio wrote: 2006/5/23, Dotan Cohen [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On 5/23/06, Martin Alterisio [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If that's the case, why don't you just use the export as web page or save as web page tools of MS Word (if you don't have it anymore you can as someone who still has it, or I think OpenOffice also has a similar tool). Because there are 200 of them. Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com 323 Open file, choose file, save as web page, close file ~ 2 minutes 200 files * 2 minutes = 400 minutes ~ 7 hours How much hours have you wasted looking for a php script? even if it takes him 14 hours to find a script and get it working he will have: a, learnt quite abit about php'ing/html/etc b, have the basis for a tool that can convert any future .doc files that he finds/get thrown at him. Martin the suggestion you give sucks because it doesn't empower, it leaves Dotan with a sore wrist and no gain in knowledge... maybe it's good advice for 'noobs' on an Office mailing but this is a lsit about programming (sure it's php and plenty of IT related people consider us phpers to be the pretty much the lowest form of programmer - well not as low as VBscripters ;-) - anyone reading, posting here, I would hope, aspires to a little more than PHB's secretary with regards to their IT skills. Anyway, I understand... it's a pain in the ass. Whay you're doing wrong is: you have turned your solution into a problem and forgot what the real problem was. this assumes there is a 'problem' - maybe Dotan is driven more or less by a desire to see if he can do it rather than being up against some deadline or having his boss breathing down his neck waiting for a result? -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Re: Can php convert doc to HTML?
2006/5/23, Jochem Maas [EMAIL PROTECTED]: my 2cents Martin Alterisio wrote: 2006/5/23, Dotan Cohen [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On 5/23/06, Martin Alterisio [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If that's the case, why don't you just use the export as web page or save as web page tools of MS Word (if you don't have it anymore you can as someone who still has it, or I think OpenOffice also has a similar tool). Because there are 200 of them. Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com 323 Open file, choose file, save as web page, close file ~ 2 minutes 200 files * 2 minutes = 400 minutes ~ 7 hours How much hours have you wasted looking for a php script? even if it takes him 14 hours to find a script and get it working he will have: a, learnt quite abit about php'ing/html/etc b, have the basis for a tool that can convert any future .doc files that he finds/get thrown at him. Martin the suggestion you give sucks because it doesn't empower, it leaves Dotan with a sore wrist and no gain in knowledge... maybe it's good advice for 'noobs' on an Office mailing but this is a lsit about programming (sure it's php and plenty of IT related people consider us phpers to be the pretty much the lowest form of programmer - well not as low as VBscripters ;-) - anyone reading, posting here, I would hope, aspires to a little more than PHB's secretary with regards to their IT skills. You're completely right about that. Maybe living too much at the edge of the deadline has turned me into boring freak (most probably). I have to take this way of thinking out my mind. Anyway, I understand... it's a pain in the ass. Whay you're doing wrong is: you have turned your solution into a problem and forgot what the real problem was. this assumes there is a 'problem' - maybe Dotan is driven more or less by a desire to see if he can do it rather than being up against some deadline or having his boss breathing down his neck waiting for a result? I disagree. There is always a problem, the kind of problem you're referring to is I'm lacking this knowledge, or I want to know how to do X, in his case X would be converting word docs to html with a php script. My first impression was that this was his problem, but deducing from what he explained after, I'm certain this isn't the problem he wants to solve, but rather a solution he came up but is unable to put into practice. I think this time PHP is not the solution. A shell script interacting with a third party tool, or a C program interacting with a third party library will be a much more appropiate solution.
Re: [PHP] Re: Can php convert doc to HTML?
On 5/24/06, Martin Alterisio [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 2006/5/23, Jochem Maas [EMAIL PROTECTED]: my 2cents Martin Alterisio wrote: 2006/5/23, Dotan Cohen [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On 5/23/06, Martin Alterisio [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If that's the case, why don't you just use the export as web page or save as web page tools of MS Word (if you don't have it anymore you can as someone who still has it, or I think OpenOffice also has a similar tool). Because there are 200 of them. Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com 323 Open file, choose file, save as web page, close file ~ 2 minutes 200 files * 2 minutes = 400 minutes ~ 7 hours How much hours have you wasted looking for a php script? even if it takes him 14 hours to find a script and get it working he will have: a, learnt quite abit about php'ing/html/etc b, have the basis for a tool that can convert any future .doc files that he finds/get thrown at him. Martin the suggestion you give sucks because it doesn't empower, it leaves Dotan with a sore wrist and no gain in knowledge... maybe it's good advice for 'noobs' on an Office mailing but this is a lsit about programming (sure it's php and plenty of IT related people consider us phpers to be the pretty much the lowest form of programmer - well not as low as VBscripters ;-) - anyone reading, posting here, I would hope, aspires to a little more than PHB's secretary with regards to their IT skills. You're completely right about that. Maybe living too much at the edge of the deadline has turned me into boring freak (most probably). I have to take this way of thinking out my mind. Anyway, I understand... it's a pain in the ass. Whay you're doing wrong is: you have turned your solution into a problem and forgot what the real problem was. this assumes there is a 'problem' - maybe Dotan is driven more or less by a desire to see if he can do it rather than being up against some deadline or having his boss breathing down his neck waiting for a result? I disagree. There is always a problem, the kind of problem you're referring to is I'm lacking this knowledge, or I want to know how to do X, in his case X would be converting word docs to html with a php script. My first impression was that this was his problem, but deducing from what he explained after, I'm certain this isn't the problem he wants to solve, but rather a solution he came up but is unable to put into practice. I think this time PHP is not the solution. A shell script interacting with a third party tool, or a C program interacting with a third party library will be a much more appropiate solution. Jochem, Martin, I had considered the prospect of converting the documents one by one. As Jochem had mentioned, time is not the only factor- I need a method, not a solution. Even if there were 20 instead of two hunderd it would be worth my while to learn to deal with them in an automated fashion. I do agree that a bash script or C would be better suited to this. Too bad I don't know either language. I am not in CS, I am in mechanical engineering, but I am willing to learn. However, sometimes solutions come before learning, so I decided to try a language that I at least have a handle on. In any case, just as php has Simple XML functions and a thousand other time-savers, I had hope that there would already be a function or class that solves my problem. Thanks, guys. I will check out wvware and see where it leads me. I appreciate the advise! Dotan Cohen http://technology-sleuth.com 02
