How to encode UTF-8 in TCPDF
How to encode UTF-8 in TCPDF
I battling with UTF-8 encoding in TCPDF. After much search online I have tried everything including changing the font to freeserif.
freeserif
Another issue is that when I receive the email created by the code below, I get an error that Adobe cannot open the PDF because it is either not supported file type (I made sure it is PDF) or was sent as an attachment and not correctly coded.
<?php
//This file create a pd contract agreement based on the client's detail.
// Include the main TCPDF library (search for installation path).
require_once('tcpdf_include.php');
require_once('../../connect.php');
//Connect and get information
// create new PDF document
$pdf = new TCPDF(PDF_PAGE_ORIENTATION, PDF_UNIT, PDF_PAGE_FORMAT, true, 'UTF-8', false);
header('Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8');
// set document information
$pdf->SetCreator(PDF_CREATOR);
$pdf->SetAuthor('ME');
$pdf->SetTitle('My title');
$pdf->SetSubject('TCPDF Tutorial');
$pdf->SetKeywords('TCPDF, PDF, example, test, guide');
// set default header data
$pdf->SetHeaderData(PDF_HEADER_LOGO, PDF_HEADER_LOGO_WIDTH, PDF_HEADER_TITLE.' ', PDF_HEADER_STRING);
// set header and footer fonts
$pdf->setHeaderFont(Array(PDF_FONT_NAME_MAIN, '', PDF_FONT_SIZE_MAIN));
$pdf->setFooterFont(Array(PDF_FONT_NAME_DATA, '', PDF_FONT_SIZE_DATA));
// set default monospaced font
$pdf->SetDefaultMonospacedFont(PDF_FONT_MONOSPACED);
// set margins
$pdf->SetMargins(PDF_MARGIN_LEFT, PDF_MARGIN_TOP, PDF_MARGIN_RIGHT);
$pdf->SetHeaderMargin(PDF_MARGIN_HEADER);
$pdf->SetFooterMargin(PDF_MARGIN_FOOTER);
// set auto page breaks
$pdf->SetAutoPageBreak(TRUE, PDF_MARGIN_BOTTOM);
// set image scale factor
$pdf->setImageScale(PDF_IMAGE_SCALE_RATIO);
// set some language-dependent strings (optional)
if (@file_exists(dirname(__FILE__).'/lang/eng.php'))
require_once(dirname(__FILE__).'/lang/eng.php');
$pdf->setLanguageArray($l);
// ---------------------------------------------------------
/*
NOTES:
- To create self-signed signature: openssl req -x509 -nodes -days 365000 -newkey rsa:1024 -keyout tcpdf.crt -out tcpdf.crt
- To export crt to p12: openssl pkcs12 -export -in tcpdf.crt -out tcpdf.p12
- To convert pfx certificate to pem: openssl pkcs12 -in tcpdf.pfx -out tcpdf.crt -nodes
*/
// set certificate file
$certificate = 'file://data/cert/tcpdf.crt';
// set additional information
$info = array(
'Name' => 'name,
'Location' => 'address',
'Reason' => 'reason',
'ContactInfo' => 'https://www.xxx.xxx',
);
// set document signature
$pdf->setSignature($certificate, $certificate, 'tcpdfdemo', '', 2, $info);
// set font
$pdf->SetFont('freeserif', '', 7);
// add a page
$pdf->AddPage();
// print a line of text
$text = "<html><head></head><body>
<b>Profile</b>
<br>
<br>
This is test text
<br /><br />
</body></html>
";
$pdf->writeHTML($text, true, 0, true, 0);
// - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
// *** set signature appearance ***
// create content for signature (image and/or text)
// define active area for signature appearance
$pdf->setSignatureAppearance(180, 60, 15, 15);
// - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
// *** set an empty signature appearance ***
$pdf->addEmptySignatureAppearance(180, 80, 15, 15);
// ---------------------------------------------------------
//define the receiver of the email
$to = $email;
$subject = $subject;
$repEmail = 'info@xxx.xxx';
$fileName = 'My.pdf';
$fileatt = $pdf->Output($fileName, 'E');
$attachment = chunk_split($fileatt);
$eol = PHP_EOL;
$separator = md5(time());
$headers = 'From: Identykidz <'.$repEmail.'>'.$eol;
$headers .= 'MIME-Version: 1.0' .$eol;
$headers .= "Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="".$separator.""";
$message = "--".$separator.$eol;
$message .= "Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit".$eol.$eol;
$message .= "Dear parent. rnrnPlease find attached list as requested.rn".$eol;
$message .= "--".$separator.$eol;
$message .= "Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1"".$eol;
$message .= "Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit".$eol.$eol;
$message .= "--".$separator.$eol;
$message .= "Content-Type: application/pdf; name="".$fileName.""".$eol;
$message .= "Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64".$eol;
$message .= "Content-Disposition: attachment".$eol.$eol;
$message .= $attachment.$eol;
$message .= "--".$separator."--";
// Send the email
if(mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers))
echo "Email sent";
else
echo "There was an error sending the mail.";
//============================================================+
// END OF FILE
//============================================================+
This is my first attempt to send and email containing a pdf attachment
@mulquin Yes I have
– Charles Tester
Sep 12 '18 at 3:15
OK, I would go through and comment out all
$pdf-> calls apart from the bare essentials, then uncomment one at a time until failure occurs. I also don't think the header() function is required for this file.– mulquin
Sep 12 '18 at 3:18
$pdf->
header()
@mulquin. Thanks that helped. I am battling with UTF-8 encoding on the script above. I need to be able to write a letter ë. Any suggestions?
– Charles Tester
Sep 14 '18 at 2:32
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Have you tested saving the PDF to file and opening to verify the file is corrupt?
– mulquin
Sep 12 '18 at 3:14