Extract text from PDF with PDF2Text (PHP)

Asked Dec 02 '19 at 11:46

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I'm trying to extract the text from several PDF's, using the library class.pdf2text.php

However, the extracted content is:

5(68/7$76 $%62/876 ,, 0LWMD L 4XDUW GH 0DUDWy (V /ORPEDUGV   0HQRUV ,, 0LWMD L 4XDUW GH 0DUDWy (V /ORPEDUGV   0HQRUV &XUVD SRSXODU GRPLQJR  GH GLFLHPEUH GH  $MXQWDPHQW GH 6DQWDQ\t 'RUVDO1RP L /OLQDWJHV $Q\ QD[ &OXE&LXWDW 7B2ILFLDO PNP 3RV&DW 7B5HDO 3RV 5HDO  'DQL 'H\D 5H\QHV  6RQ 2OLYD   60     0DUF &HUYDQWHV 2EUDGRU    60     'DYLG $UWLJXHV -LDQX    60     (PPD &HUYDQWHV 2EUDGRU    ) 6)     /OLEHUWDW &OHU 2UWHJD    ) 6)    3iJLQD  GH  ZZZHOLWHFKLSQHW LQIR#HOLWHFKLSQHW 7(/

The code is:

$a = new PDF2Text();
$a->setFilename ( $pdfURL );
$a->decodePDF();
echo $a->output();

asked Dec 02 '19 at 11:46

xavigs1984

So which is your problem exactly ? – Simone Rossaini Dec 02 '19 at 12:03
I want to extract the decoded text, not strange characters. – xavigs1984 Dec 02 '19 at 12:06
did you include class? `include('class.pdf2text.php');` – Simone Rossaini Dec 02 '19 at 12:09
Yes, I can extract the content from other PDFs, but with some PDFs I get strange characters. I suppose the text is encoded. – xavigs1984 Dec 02 '19 at 12:14
Possible duplicate, see this answer : [LINK](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6999889/how-to-extract-text-from-the-pdf-document) – Simone Rossaini Dec 02 '19 at 12:17
I've already read it before answering again. The code in this post is the same. – xavigs1984 Dec 02 '19 at 12:21
Are you sure is not protect file? – Simone Rossaini Dec 02 '19 at 12:23
How could I know it? – xavigs1984 Dec 02 '19 at 12:24
Guide for official site: [LINK](https://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/using/protected-view-feature-pdfs-windows.html) – Simone Rossaini Dec 02 '19 at 12:30
The PDF is online, not locally: http://www.elitechip.net/system/public/download/2d7f6fc561160ff14e5c580f850bc031.pdf – xavigs1984 Dec 02 '19 at 12:35
Have you tried local path for see if work? – Simone Rossaini Dec 02 '19 at 12:38
Yes, I've tried it too. – xavigs1984 Dec 02 '19 at 12:39
So it's simple "limit" of that class, try to use : http://pdfparser.org/ – Simone Rossaini Dec 02 '19 at 12:44
It returns NULL. However, with other PDFs, PHP2Text and PDFParser libraries works fine, and I can extract all text. – xavigs1984 Dec 02 '19 at 12:49
Can you link that specific PDF here? Without looking at it, I think we won't get any idea. – Piotr Dec 03 '19 at 19:54
http://www.elitechip.net/system/public/download/2d7f6fc561160ff14e5c580f850bc031.pdf – xavigs1984 Dec 04 '19 at 11:13

Extract text from PDF with PDF2Text (PHP)

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