OpenOffice converter don't work with apache

Question

Does anyone know why this works great with phpCLI but fails with apache?

$cmd = "soffice --headless --nofirststartwizard -convert-to pdf:writer_pdf_Export file.doc -outdir converted/";
exec($cmd, $dump, $ret);

Answer 1

I was struggling with this few more hours, but finally I've found solution here http://geekswithblogs.net/robertphyatt/archive/2011/11/19/converting-.docx-to-pdf-or-.doc-to-pdf-or-.doc.aspx

I hope this can help someone else

Answer 2

Try use "export HOME=/tmp" before run OpenOffice.

Example:

  export HOME=/tmp
  soffice --headless --convert-to pdf --outdir /var/www/public/uploads/ /var/www/public/uploads/artcl.ppt