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Posted by edkocol  · 23-03-2015 - 15:39

I have a php application that can retrieve a .doc/.docx from our database which returns the stored base64 content. How do I use the PHPDOCX (currently on the demo) to convert that to .pdf?

Posted by admin  · 23-03-2015 - 16:21

Hello, You need to use the conversion plugin that is not included in the trial version. This plugin allows to transform a DOCX to PDF. Regards.

Posted by edkocol  · 23-03-2015 - 20:01

Just to be clear, how would I load the base64 string contents into the conversion plugin? Like this? include_once ('phpdocx/classes/CreateDocx.inc'); $docx = new CreateDocx(); $docx->enableCompatibilityMode(); $docxfilename = "../upload/".$uploaddir.'/'.$filename; $pdffilename = "../upload/".$uploaddir.'/'.$filename.'.pdf'; $text=base64_decode($contents); $paramsText = array('b' => 'single'); $docx->addText($text, $parmsText); $docx->createDocx($docxfilename); $docx->transformDocument($docxfilename, $pdffilename); Also, does the entire conversion take place entirely on the server?

Posted by admin  · 24-03-2015 - 07:47

Hello, That is. First you need to decode the content, then add it to the document and finally transform to PDF. Regards.

Posted by edkocol  · 24-03-2015 - 21:00

I am sssuming $docx->createDocx($docxfilename); creates the file on the server not the client computer Are both files in the following statement located on the server? $docx->transformDocument($docxfilename, $pdffilename); I ask because we do not want the "docx" file to be on the client computer/PC and we have the process in place to download the PDF to the client computer.

Posted by admin  · 25-03-2015 - 07:20

Hello, Yes, both files are created in the FS of the server. And you can download them at any time. Regards.