Opening a Word document in read mode using php?

As yours is not too detailed in your question about your specific requirements or server settings, this will help you get started as well as answer the question.

<?php
$DocumentPath="C:/xampp/htdocs/test.doc";
//Create an instance of the Word application
$word = new COM("word.application") or die("Unable to instantiate application object");
//Creating an instance of the Word Document object
$wordDocument = new COM("word.document") or die("Unable to instantiate document object");
$word->Visible = 0;
//Open up an empty document
$wordDocument = $word->Documents->Open($DocumentPath);

//Create the filename for the HTML version
$HTMLPath = substr_replace($DocumentPath, 'html', -3, 3);
//Save the document as HTML
$wordDocument->SaveAs($HTMLPath, 3);
// clean up
$wordDocument = null;
$word->Quit();
$word = null;
// read the newly-created document
readfile($HTMLPath);
//delete the file
unlink($HTMLPath)
?>