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$fh = fopen($box->download_url('862161200'), 'r'); // Open box.net file
$tmp = tempnam(sys_get_temp_dir(), 'DOC'); // create tmp file
print_r($tmp);
echo '<br />';
$tfh = fopen($tmp, 'w');
fwrite($tfh, fread($fh, 13421772)); // write bytes from box.net file to tmp file
fseek($tfh, 0);

// Then load tmp file into ZipArchive->open() and use this function:
http://www.botskool.com/geeks/how-extract-text-docx-or-odt-files-using-php

unlink($tmp); // make sure to cleanup the file after it's used!