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Asked: 2026-05-11T13:20:18+00:00

I want to have PHP read an (uploaded) powerpoint presentation, and minimally extract the

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I want to have PHP read an (uploaded) powerpoint presentation, and minimally extract the text from each slide (grabbing more info like images and layouts would even be better, but I would settle for just the text at this point).

I know that google apps does it in its presentation app, so I am guessing there is some way to translate the powerpoint binary, but I can’t seem to find any info on how to do it.

Any ideas on what to try?

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  1. I wanted to post my resolution to this.

    Unfortunately, I was unable to get PHP to reliably read the binary data.

    My solution was to write a small vb6 app that does the work by automating PowerPoint.

    Not what I was looking for, but, solves the issue for now.

    That being said, the Zend option looks like it may be viable at some point, so I will watch that.

    Thanks.

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