Can PHP read text from a PowerPoint file?

Question

I want to have PHP read an (uploaded) powerpoint presentation, and minimally extract the text from each slide (grabbing more info like images and layouts would even be bette

Answer 1

I wanted to post my resolution to this.

Unfortunately, I was unable to get PHP to reliably read the binary data.

My solution was to write a small vb6 app that does the work by automating PowerPoint.

Not what I was looking for, but, solves the issue for now.

That being said, the Zend option looks like it may be viable at some point, so I will watch that.

Thanks.