parsing pdf using php

Question

I know this question has been asked several times. And i have checked all but none were giving satisfactory answers.

Some say TCPDF can parse but i searched on its site. nothing is given to read the pdf. thn xpdf- xpdf is a utility which is to be installed on server and than run commands to extract the text.

I even searched FPDF but in that site also nothing is given about reading the pdf or any function related to readin in manual.

So do i have to use pdfbox and java bridge to extract text..? or is some folk can answer that it is possible using tcpdf.

what to prefer now...?

Answer 1

I think the status is largely the same as it was: there are no PHP native implementations of a PDF parser. There are command line alternatives and I know that there are implementations in other languages (I personally use the Python library), but no native PHP ones.