PowerPoint

[yfhelpdesk]

How easy is it to add another parser. I want to add the ppthtml, so I inserted the following in the config.php

define('PHPDIG_INDEX_MSPOWERPOINT',true);
define('PHPDIG_PARSE_MSPOWERPOINT','/usr/bin/ppthtml');
define('PHPDIG_OPTION_MSPOWERPOINT','-s 8859-1');

is there anything else I need to do?

[Charter]

Hi. There are several places in robot_functions.php that would need editing and another line added to the config file. Just search the PhpDig PHP files for PDF (case insensitive) and you'll find all the places.

[yfhelpdesk]

Cheers, that worked in getting the powerpoint extension recognised.

Q1. I have two questions, if I may.

1. When the phpdig executes the binary does it automatically dump the contents into the tempfiles located in /admin/temp?

From what I can see ppthtml is not STDOUT. Running the program from the command line ie

# ppthtml filename.ppt

throws the outputs to the screen. If I add > filename.html then it outputs to file.

Q2. Phpdig can seem to parse the powerpoint file. Is it because the ppthtml is not outputting a file? If so how do I get around it?

[Charter]

Hi. If output goes to STDOUT, then use define('PHPDIG_MSPOWERPOINT_EXTENSION',''); in the config file. If output goes to a file, then use define('PHPDIG_MSPOWERPOINT_EXTENSION','.html'); to the config file.

PhpDig assigns the filename so '> filename.html' should not go in define('PHPDIG_OPTION_MSPOWERPOINT',''); in the config file. For example, with pdftotext and no PHPDIG_OPTION_PDF set, output gets assigned to filename_set_by_PhpDig.txt so only '.txt' should go in PHPDIG_PDF_EXTENSION in the config file.

The admin/temp directory is a temporary holding place for processing. Once done, the files are deleted from admin/temp and a text file containing the output, whether from a webpage or a PPT file, is held in the text_content directory. As 'ppthtml filename.ppt' throws output to the screen, it's going to STDOUT so the following should suffice:

PHP Code:

define('PHPDIG_INDEX_MSPOWERPOINT',true);
define('PHPDIG_PARSE_MSPOWERPOINT','/usr/bin/ppthtml');
define('PHPDIG_OPTION_MSPOWERPOINT','');
define('PHPDIG_MSPOWERPOINT_EXTENSION',''); 


[yfhelpdesk]

Thanks for your help. That worked a treat! As this is GNU/GPL should I sumbit script updates in the Mod Submissions?

[Charter]

Hi. Glad it's working. The GNU/GPL does not currently require that you publish your modifications unless you plan to release them, but any script updates are welcome in the Mod Submissions forum.