searchanddisplace-ingest/app/Ingest/DocxConvertor.php

<?php

namespace App\Ingest;

use Symfony\Component\Process\Exception\ProcessFailedException;
use Symfony\Component\Process\Process;

class DocxConvertor extends AbstractConvertor
{
    public function execute()
    {
        $this->convertToText();

        $convertor = new TextConvertor($this->storage, "$this->directoryPath/document.txt");

        $convertor->execute();
    }

    /**
     * Convert docx file to text
     *
     * @return void
     */
    protected function convertToText()
    {
        (new Process(['export HOME=' . env('USER_HOME_PATH')]))->run();

        $process = new Process([
            'soffice',
            '--headless',
            '--convert-to',
            'txt',
            $this->storage->path($this->path),
            '--outdir',
            $this->storage->path($this->directoryPath)
        ]);

        $process->run();

        if (!$process->isSuccessful()) {
            throw new ProcessFailedException($process);
        }

        $this->deleteOriginalDocument();
    }
}