How To Read Content From A PDF File In Laravel 10

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Hello Geek, here are the steps on how to read content from a PDF file in Laravel 10:

  1. Install the spatie/pdf-to-text package.

Code snippet

composer require spatie/pdf-to-text
  1. Create a new controller.

PHP

php artisan make:controller PdfController
  1. Add the following code to the PdfController class.

PHP

use Spatie\PdfToText\Pdf;

class PdfController extends Controller
{
    public function index()
    {
        $pdf = new Pdf('path/to/pdf.pdf');

        $text = $pdf->getText();

        return view('pdf', [
            'text' => $text,
        ]);
    }
}
  1. Create a new view file called pdf.blade.php.

Blade

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <title>Read PDF File in Laravel</title>
</head>
<body>
    <h1>PDF Content</h1>
    <p>{{ $text }}</p>
</body>
</html>
  1. Run the php artisan serve command to start the Laravel development server.
  2. Visit http://localhost:8000/pdf in your web browser.

The above code will extract the text from the PDF file and display it in the browser.

Here are some additional notes:

  • The path/to/pdf.pdf path should be the absolute path to the PDF file that you want to extract text from.
  • You can use the spatie/pdf-to-text package to extract text from PDF files in any Laravel version.

All the best nerd!

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