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Code Blocks and Code Spans in PDF to Markdown

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Demonstrates how monospaced text is converted by the "markdown" operation: a monospaced block becomes a fenced code block and a monospaced run inside a sentence becomes a code span. Set "code" to false to treat it as ordinary text. PHP ActiveX

<?php

$success = 0;

//  This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
//  See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

//  The PDF used in this example is available at code_block.pdf

$pdf = new COM("Chilkat.Pdf");
$success = $pdf->LoadFile('qa_data/pdf/code_block.pdf');
if ($success == 0) {
    print $pdf->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

$json = new COM("Chilkat.JsonObject");
$jsonOut = new COM("Chilkat.JsonObject");

$success = $pdf->ExtractText('markdown',$json,$jsonOut);
if ($success == 0) {
    print $pdf->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

print '---- default (code: true) ----' . "\n";
print $jsonOut->stringOf('markdown') . "\n";

$json->UpdateBool('code',0);
$success = $pdf->ExtractText('markdown',$json,$jsonOut);
if ($success == 0) {
    print $pdf->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

print '---- code: false ----' . "\n";
print $jsonOut->stringOf('markdown') . "\n";

//  Sample output:

//  ---- default (code: true) ----
//  <!-- page 1 -->
//  
//  # Extracting Text
//  
//  Load the PDF and call `ExtractText` with the operation and an options object. The result is returned as JSON:
//  
//  ```
//  new Pdf pdf;
//  success = pdf.LoadFile("report.pdf");
//  new JsonObject json;
//  new JsonObject jsonOut;
//  success = pdf.ExtractText("text",json,jsonOut);
//  println jsonOut.StringOf("text");
//  ```
//  
//  An empty options object extracts every page with the default clean-up. Set `pages` to limit the extraction.
//  ---- code: false ----
//  <!-- page 1 -->
//  
//  # Extracting Text
//  
//  Load the PDF and call ExtractText with the operation and an options object. The result is returned as JSON:
//  
//  new Pdf pdf; success = pdf.LoadFile("report.pdf"); new JsonObject json; new JsonObject jsonOut; success = pdf.ExtractText("text",json,jsonOut); println jsonOut.StringOf("text");
//  
//  An empty options object extracts every page with the default clean-up. Set pages to limit the extraction.

?>