title: How to read content of doc file using php or in codeigniter
body: <pre><code>private function read_doc($filename) {
      $fileHandle = fopen($filename, "r");
      var_dump($filename);
      $line = fread($fileHandle, filesize($filename));
      $lines = explode(chr(0x0D), $line);
      $outtext = "";
      foreach ($lines as $thisline) {
          $pos = strpos($thisline, chr(0x00));
          if (($pos !== FALSE) || (strlen($thisline) == 0)) {
  
          } else {
              $outtext .= $thisline . " ";
          }
      }
      $outtext = preg_replace("/[^a-zA-Z0-9\s\,\.\-\n\r\t@\/\_\(\)]/", "", $outtext);
      return $outtext;
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I am trying to read content of <code>.doc</code> using the above code.. but when i run the above code it give's me </p>
  
  <p><code>filesize(): stat failed for http://localhost/jobportal/public/uploads/document/1.doc</code> and</p>
  
  <p><code>fread(): Length parameter must be greater than 0</code></p>