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In this article, we’ll observe how to extract text from PDF in PHP, in particular, scanned PDF. The code will be written in PHP and HTML. PDF.co will be used to perform conversations.
- Start Apache Server
- Add Source Code
- Save Files into the Program Folder
- Run Program
- Conversion Result
- PDF to Text Output
- Video Guide
We will use this scanned sample in our tutorial about PDF parsing in PHP.
Below is the following step-by-step guide to extracting text from PDF in PHP.
Step 1: Start Apache Server
- First, let’s start the Apache server so we can run our program.
Step 2: Add Source Code
- Next, add the HTML and PHP sample code in the Visual Studio Code editor. You can also use your favorite editor in PHP. This source code is available at PDF.co API Docs.
Step 3 – Save Files into the Program Folder
- Then, save the HTML and PHP sample code in your program folder
- We highly recommend saving the files in a folder inside the \www or the \htdocs directory.
Step 4: Run Program
Now, let’s run our program and extract text from the scanned PDF.
- In the browser address bar, type in
localhost/folder-name/sample.html. The /folder-name/ is a folder in the /www directory where you stored the files if you are using WampServer. - In the API Key field, enter your PDF.co API Key. You can get it in your PDF.co dashboard.
- Then, input the scanned PDF file.
- Leave the page number field empty so it extracts all the PDF pages
- Click on the Proceed button to send a request.
Step 5: Conversion Result
- Once the conversion is complete, click on the resulting URL to view the output.
Step 6: PDF to Text Output
- Here’s the converted PDF to Text output
Useful Resources
In this tutorial about PDF reading in PHP, you learned how to extract or copy text from scanned PDF in PHP using PDF.co Web API. You also learned how to set up the source code samples to get you up and running right away.
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