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Asked: 2026-05-22T13:00:59+00:00

I’m using antiword to read doc files in php: <?php $filename = ‘sample.doc’; $content

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I’m using antiword to read doc files in php:

<?php
$filename = 'sample.doc';
$content = shell_exec('C:\\wamp\\www\\tester\\read_documents\\antiword\\antiword '.$filename);
echo $content;
?>

Is it possible to format the output?

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  1. Editorial Team

    manual page of antiword says:

    -f Output in formatted text form. That means that bold text is printed
    like *bold*, italics like /italics/
    and underlined text as _underlined_.
    -p papersize Output in PostScript form. Printable on paper of the
    specified size: 10×14, a3, a4, a5, b4,
    b5, executive, folio, legal, letter,
    note, quarto, statement or tabloid.
    -t Output in text form. (default)
    -x document type definition Output in XML form. Currently the only document
    type definition is db (for DocBook).

    So, you can choose various output formats; by default, antiword strips out all formatting. I’d guess you want the -f option, and possibly replace that simple formatting into HTML tags.

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