I want to show my epub files on my site, so I'm thinking of creating my own reader in PHP. First I need to know how to read this file type.
Can I show the HTML files that are in the epub directly in the browser?
Yes, the files are 'real' HTML (or rather XHTML) and will work in any web browser.
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Thank you for your answer! If I open an epub i can see the html files, these files are always there or they can be also in some subfolders? – CCT Jun 22 '16 at 13:37
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Those files usually are in a directory calles OEBPS, but in theory, they could be anywhere (the file
META-INF/container.xmlpoints to them). – CL. Jun 22 '16 at 14:29 -
In the file you are mentioning i found this:
<?xml version="1.0"?> <container version="1.0" xmlns="urn:oasis:names:tc:opendocument:xmlns:container"> <rootfiles> <rootfile full-path="content.opf" media-type="application/oebps-package+xml"/> </rootfiles> </container>it points only to the opf file. – CCT Jun 22 '16 at 16:42 -
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Yes. But i need ti know where are the HTML files, I want to interpret them. – CCT Jun 22 '16 at 19:31
