Convert PPT to PPTX in PHP

Powerful PowerPoint PHP library for converting PPT to PPTX

Aspose.Slidesfor PHP via Java

Convert PPT to PPTX in PHP

Convert PPT files to PPTX programmatically with Aspose.Slides for PHP via Java . Load a PowerPoint 97-2003 presentation and save it as an Open XML PowerPoint presentation with a few lines of PHP code.

Aspose.Slides performs the conversion through the Presentation class and its save method. You can also try the PPT-to-PPTX conversion in your browser before integrating it into your application.

You can install the library from Composer using the following command:

Console/Terminal

composer require aspose/slides

Save PPT as PPTX in PHP

Use the free app to see a demonstration of the PPT-to-PPTX conversion process.

This sample code shows PPT-to-PPTX conversion in PHP

$presentation = new Presentation("input.ppt");
try {
    $presentation->save("output.pptx", SaveFormat::Pptx);
} finally {
    $presentation->dispose();
}

How to Convert PPT to PPTX in PHP

These are the steps to convert a PPT file to PPTX using PHP.

  1. Load the PPT file into a Presentation instance.
  2. Call save with the output file path and SaveFormat::Pptx.
  3. The presentation is written to the specified PPTX file.

System Requirements

Before running the PHP conversion sample, make sure that you have the following prerequisites.

  1. Install PHP 7 or later, add the PHP directory to the system PATH, and set allow_url_include to On in php.ini.
  2. Install JRE 8 and set the JAVA_HOME environment variable to the installed JRE directory.
  3. Install Apache Tomcat 8.0 as described in the installation guide .

Free App to Convert PPT to PPTX

Try our free Conversion app

Other Supported Conversions

You can also convert PPT to many other file formats. See other supported conversions below: