# Search inside pdf files in a cpanel hosting w/o Full Text Search

**URL:** <https://help.nextcloud.com/t/search-inside-pdf-files-in-a-cpanel-hosting-w-o-full-text-search/189536>\
**Category:** ℹ️ Support\
**Tags:** cpanel, search, pdf\
**Created:** [April 25, 2024, 6:03pm UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/search-inside-pdf-files-in-a-cpanel-hosting-w-o-full-text-search/189536 "2024-04-25T18:03:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![Afer](https://help.nextcloud.com/user_avatar/help.nextcloud.com/afer/32/60979_2.png) [@Afer](https://help.nextcloud.com/u/Afer)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2024, 6:03pm UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/search-inside-pdf-files-in-a-cpanel-hosting-w-o-full-text-search/189536/1 "2024-04-25T18:03:49Z")

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Hi ,  
I am using nextcloud on a cpanel hosting , I trying to add [search](https://help.nextcloud.com/search) that show files by searching ocr or inside files text .  
there is a full text [search](https://help.nextcloud.com/search) app , but it need to install Elastic [Search](https://help.nextcloud.com/search) to get it run but I am using a shared cpanel hosting so I do not have access to the terminal and I cannot install it . ( I checked with the hosting support and there answer was there are nothing we can do to install elastic [search](https://help.nextcloud.com/search)) .  
Is there any other ways to create a text [search](https://help.nextcloud.com/search) inside pdf files ?

i appreciate your help .

thanks

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**Author:** ![jtr](https://help.nextcloud.com/letter_avatar/jtr/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@jtr](https://help.nextcloud.com/u/jtr)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2024, 3:08pm UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/search-inside-pdf-files-in-a-cpanel-hosting-w-o-full-text-search/189536/2 "2024-08-06T15:08:21Z")

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Not that I’m aware of. That’s what FTS is for.

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**Author:** ![wwe](https://help.nextcloud.com/user_avatar/help.nextcloud.com/wwe/32/72963_2.png) [@wwe](https://help.nextcloud.com/u/wwe)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2025, 8:27am UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/search-inside-pdf-files-in-a-cpanel-hosting-w-o-full-text-search/189536/3 "2025-01-16T08:27:02Z")

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