Get content of docx file which saved in mysql dabase as blob type in php

Question

I am saving docx file as BLOB type in mysql dadabase. after the saveing i am trying to see the content of the file through fetching the content of filed but it is showing some u

Answer 1

Make a query to select the data, then put the result in a variable. Use file_put_content to get the docx file. Just be carefull with header.

To read it, the process is different from a doc. You have to "unzip" the docx and read the xml file inside it. You can use this function:

open($filename)) {
        // If successful, search for the data file in the archive
        if (($index = $zip->locateName($dataFile)) !== false) {
            // Index found! Now read it to a string
            $text = $zip->getFromIndex($index);
            // Load XML from a string
            // Ignore errors and warnings
            $xml = DOMDocument::loadXML($text, LIBXML_NOENT | LIBXML_XINCLUDE | LIBXML_NOERROR | LIBXML_NOWARNING);
            // Remove XML formatting tags and return the text
            return strip_tags($xml->saveXML());
        }
        //Close the archive file
        $zip->close();
    }

    // In case of failure return a message
    return "File not found";
}

echo extracttext($document);
?>

(source of the code: http://www.botskool.com/geeks/how-extract-text-docx-or-odt-files-using-php)