How can PHP be used to convert PDF files to text files for easier searching and display of results?

PDF files can be converted to text files using PHP by utilizing libraries such as `pdftotext` or `pdfparser`. These libraries allow PHP to extract text from PDF files, making it easier to search and display the content of the PDF in a more readable format. 

// Using pdftotext library to convert PDF to text
$pdfFile = 'example.pdf';
$textFile = 'example.txt';

exec("pdftotext $pdfFile $textFile");

// Read the text file
$text = file_get_contents($textFile);

echo $text;

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