Phpword: ??? symbols after convert docx to pdf file

Created on 24 Feb 2018 · 12Comments · Source: PHPOffice/PHPWord

hello, im getting ??? symbols after convert docx to pdf file any ideas how to fix it?

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moxetiale

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@moxetiale I'm very sory for the offtop, but what is your Atom color scheme called?

autaut03 on 6 Mar 2018

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any specifics? Can you post a code sample?

troosan on 26 Feb 2018

see screnshots

actualy word file contains georgian alphabets and only that alphabets converted to ??? in pdf file, see word file screenshot

and finaly this is pdf file

moxetiale on 1 Mar 2018

OK, but that's probably because the font you are using in the PDF does not support UTF-8.

troosan on 2 Mar 2018

Understand. How can i use another font before convert to pdf?

moxetiale on 2 Mar 2018

I'm not to familiar with the PDF libraries, but you can set the font on $xmlWriter->setFont('arial');
Also, did you try with other PDF libraries (mpdf or dompdf)?

troosan on 4 Mar 2018

@moxetiale I'm very sory for the offtop, but what is your Atom color scheme called?

autaut03 on 6 Mar 2018

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@troosan no i did not try other libraries, i will try setFont thanks
@autaut03 One dark

moxetiale on 8 Mar 2018

I have same problem. My .docx file:

Witam,
na imię mam ${variableName} i jestem z Białogardu.

.pdf file:

Witam,
na imi? mam Jacek i jestem z Bia?ogardu.

And my php code:

            require_once LIBRARY_PATH.'/bootstrap.php';
            $phpWord = new \PhpOffice\PhpWord\PhpWord();

            $domPdfPath = realpath(VENDOR_PATH.'/dompdf/dompdf');
            \PhpOffice\PhpWord\Settings::setPdfRendererPath($domPdfPath);
            \PhpOffice\PhpWord\Settings::setPdfRendererName('DomPDF');

            $template = new \PhpOffice\PhpWord\TemplateProcessor(FILES_PATH.'/imie.docx');
            $template->setValue('variableName', 'Jacek');
            $template->saveAs(FILES_PATH.'/result.docx');

            //Load temp file
            $phpWord = \PhpOffice\PhpWord\IOFactory::load(FILES_PATH.'/result.docx');

            //Save it
            $xmlWriter = \PhpOffice\PhpWord\IOFactory::createWriter($phpWord , 'PDF');
            $xmlWriter->save(FILES_PATH.'/result.pdf');

Any suggestions?

jkurowski on 26 Mar 2018

@troosan I have tried the dompdf, the same reasult. I will try $xmlWriter->setFont('arial') later.

jacklove2run on 28 Mar 2018

$xmlWriter->setFont('arial') - dont work

This is working:

$phpWord = new \PhpOffice\PhpWord\PhpWord();

$domPdfPath = realpath(VENDOR_PATH.'/dompdf/dompdf');
\PhpOffice\PhpWord\Settings::setPdfRendererPath($domPdfPath);
\PhpOffice\PhpWord\Settings::setPdfRendererName('DomPDF');

$template = new \PhpOffice\PhpWord\TemplateProcessor(FILES_PATH.'/imie.docx');
$template->setValue('variableName', 'Jacek');
$template->saveAs(FILES_PATH.'/result.docx');

//Load temp file
$phpWord = \PhpOffice\PhpWord\IOFactory::load(FILES_PATH.'/result.docx');

$objWriter = \PhpOffice\PhpWord\IOFactory::createWriter($phpWord, 'HTML');
$objWriter->save(FILES_PATH.'/hello.html');
chmod(FILES_PATH.'/hello.html', 0777);

$dompdf = new \Dompdf\Dompdf();
$dompdf->load_html(file_get_contents(FILES_PATH.'/hello.html'));

// (Optional) Setup the paper size and orientation
$dompdf->setPaper('A4', 'landscape');

// Render the HTML as PDF
$dompdf->render();
$pdf_string = $dompdf->output();
file_put_contents(FILES_PATH.'/result2.pdf', $pdf_string);

And in file: phpwordsrcPhpWordWriterHTMLPartHead.php

        $content .= '<head>' . PHP_EOL;
        $content .= '<meta charset="UTF-8" />' . PHP_EOL;
        $content .= '<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"/>' . PHP_EOL;
        $content .= '<title>' . $title . '</title>' . PHP_EOL;
        // foreach ($propertiesMapping as $key => $value) {
            // $value = ($value == '') ? $key : $value;
            // $method = 'get' . $key;
            // if ($docProps->$method() != '') {
                // $content .= '<meta name="' . $value . '"'
                          // . ' content="' . (Settings::isOutputEscapingEnabled() ? $this->escaper->escapeHtmlAttr($docProps->$method()) : $docProps->$method()) . '"'
                          // . ' />' . PHP_EOL;
            // }
        // }
        //$content .= $this->writeStyles();
        $content .= '<style>body {font-family: DejaVu Sans, sans-serif}</style>' . PHP_EOL;
        $content .= '</head>' . PHP_EOL;

jkurowski on 29 Mar 2018

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@jkurowski When composer update or composer install, phpwordsrcPhpWordWriterHTMLPartHead.php - will change.

_Better:_
$fontStyle = new \PhpOffice\PhpWord\Style\Font();
$fontStyle->setName('DejaVu Sans, sans-serif');