danielnunez / office-converter

PHP Wrapper for LibreOffice

Office Converter

PHP Wrapper for LibreOffice

Convert offices files to PDF and HTML using LibreOffice or OpenOffice. Supported conversion formats include:

• pptx => pdf
• ppt => pdf
• pdf => pdf
• docx => pdf, odt, html
• doc => pdf, odt, html
• xlsx => pdf
• xls => pdf
• png => pdf
• jpg => pdf
• jpeg => pdf

Installation

It is recommended to install OfficeConverter through Composer.

Run this command within your project directory

composer require ncjoes/office-converter

Dependencies

In order to use OfficeConverter, you need to install LibreOffice.

Usage

Here are some samples.

<?php
// if you are using composer, just use this
use NcJoes\OfficeConverter\OfficeConverter;

$converter = new OfficeConverter('test-file.docx');
$converter->convertTo('output-file.pdf'); //generates pdf file in same directory as test-file.docx
$converter->convertTo('output-file.html'); //generates html file in same directory as test-file.docx

//to specify output directory, specify it as the second argument to the constructor
$converter = new OfficeConverter('test-file.docx', 'path-to-outdir');
?>

License

The OfficeConverter package is open-sourced software licensed under the MIT license.

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