Contact person: Business Client

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Location: East Windsor, United States

Budget: Recommended by industry experts

Time to start: As soon as possible

Project description:
"I’m looking for a simple, self-contained PHP page (Do not use Laravel or CodeIgniter framework, core PHP is fine) that lets me upload a PDF—whether it’s a born-digital file or a scanned document—and immediately shows the full text on the same web page.

PLEASE NOTE THAT NO THIRD PARTY APIS SHOULD BE USED, WE CANNOT INSTALL ANYTIHNG ON THE SERVER LIKE TESSERACT OR Anything ELSE ON THE SERVER SINCE ITS SHARED SERVER.

Scope
• When the PDF already contains an embedded text layer, pull that text directly. Check attached sample PDF
• When the file is purely scanned images, run OCR so the words are captured accurately.
• No database integration is required; the extracted text only needs to appear on screen (a textarea or styled div is fine). Basic page styling is enough—I’m focused on functionality.

Environment
The script should run on a standard LAMP stack (PHP 8.x on shared hosting).

Deliverables
1. A single PHP page (plus any small helper scripts, if unavoidable).
2. Read-me or inline comments that cover: prerequisites, installation steps, and how the script decides when to use native text versus OCR.
3. A brief test confirming it handles at least one digital PDF and one scanned PDF.

Keep the solution lightweight and easy to drop into an existing site." (client-provided description)