Extract text from doc and docx

Question

I would like to know how can I read the contents of a doc or docx. I\'m using a Linux VPS and PHP, but if there is a simpler solution using other language, please let me kno

Answer 1

I insert little improvements in doc to txt converter function

private function read_doc() {
    $line_array = array();
    $fileHandle = fopen( $this->filename, "r" );
    $line       = @fread( $fileHandle, filesize( $this->filename ) );
    $lines      = explode( chr( 0x0D ), $line );
    $outtext    = "";
    foreach ( $lines as $thisline ) {
        $pos = strpos( $thisline, chr( 0x00 ) );
        if (  $pos !== false )  {

        } else {
            $line_array[] = preg_replace( "/[^a-zA-Z0-9\s\,\.\-\n\r\t@\/\_\(\)]/", "", $thisline );

        }
    }

    return implode("\n",$line_array);
}

Now it saves empty rows and txt file looks row by row .