Convert PDF to HTMl ?

[jehoshua]

I need to convert some PDF documenst to HTML. I've tried the online tool at the Adobe site, the formatting in the html was terrible.

There seems so much available in PHP to create a PDF file, so is it possible to use PHP to read a PDF file and create HTML ?

[ceeb]

You're going to have a hard time doing this. PDF is based on Postscript, which precisely controls how items are drawn on paper. HTML/CSS only "suggests" layout.

So, converting HTML to PDF is a relatively straightforward exercise. But converting it back again won't be easy: the PDF could contain positioned text and graphics, watermarks, text that doesn't follow the flow of the document, etc.

[dubstylee]

I have seen projects around the web that can take a pdf and convert it into an image file.

You might have a hard time doing this, but i would search on google and see what you come up with.

[jehoshua]

Thanks for the replies. I have thought about using pdf2html , but I wouldn't have a clue how to set it up on a website.

Could this be done ...

1. PDF --> Postcript
2. Postscript --> HTML

Also, any possibilities with using curl to open the PDF file, etc ?