PDF to TXT using PHP
The PHP SDK for converting PDF document to a plain text file, extract text from PDF.
Convert textual and scanned PDF document to a plain text file, extract text from PDF, apply OCR on a scanned PDF document before conversion.
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ConvertAPI provides a PHP library that allows you to perform a PDF to TXT conversion with just a few lines of code. Convert PDF to TXT documents using PHP programming language with no effort at all!
composer require convertapi/convertapi-php
Or install it manually using ConvertApi autoloader:
require_once('/path/to/convertapi-php/lib/ConvertApi/autoload.php');
How To Convert PDF to TXT using PHP?
You can convert PDF to TXT in a few simple steps:
- Obtain your secret key by signing up for a free account.
- Install the ConvertAPI library for PHP
- Set up the PDF to TXT conversion using our live demo tool
- Copy-paste the auto-generated code snippet into your project!
PDF to TXT - complete code snippet for PHP
Once you have your authentication in place, simply copy-paste this pdf to txt conversion code snippet into your PHP project:
Upload the file and see how it works
You can set up the advanced conversion parameters and test the conversion result online using our interactive demo tool. It will auto-generate the code snippet for you!
Advanced PDF to TXT conversion parameters
Sets the password to open protected documents.
Set page range. Example 1-10 or 1,2,5.
Set the OCR language.
Values: automatic ca da de es en fr fi it nl no pl pt ro ru sv sl tr
Enable optical character recognition(OCR).
Persist formatting while extracting text. Only works when RemoveHeadersFooters and RemoveFootnotes properties are disabled.
Remove headers and footers from the document.
Remove footnotes from the document.
Remove tables from the document.