How to read .doc file in PhpOffice/PhpWord?

Question

Yii

Good evening.
There was a problem reading the .doc file with PhpOffice
Code:

$objReader = IOFactory::createReader('MsDoc');

$phpDoc = $objReader->load($path.'/2.doc');

foreach ($phpDoc->getSections() as $sections) {
  $arrsec = $sections->getElements(); 

    foreach ($arrsec as $el) {
         if($el instanceof Text){
               $body .= $el->getText();
    	 }
    }
}

As a result, the browser displays the following:

At the same time, if you "read" other files (.docx, odt), with the appropriate settings, the contents of the files are displayed more or less acceptable.
How can this problem be solved?

Answer 1

If you do not need a link to a specific library, then there is an excellent article on this topic on Habré https://habrahabr.ru/post/72745/
I may be wrong about this library, specifically PhpOffice / PhpWord does not work with the * .doc format , *.docx only