For new mpdf version does not work

[githubjeka]

My last version which works

{
            "name": "mpdf/mpdf",
            "version": "dev-master",
            "source": {
                "type": "git",
                "url": "https://github.com/finwe/mpdf.git",
                "reference": "1627f9e7d2ef0f635a886f611079216ed2929717"
            },
            "dist": {
                "type": "zip",
                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/finwe/mpdf/zipball/1627f9e7d2ef0f635a886f611079216ed2929717",
                "reference": "1627f9e7d2ef0f635a886f611079216ed2929717",
                "shasum": ""
            },
            "require": {
                "ext-mbstring": "*",
                "php": ">=4.3.10"
            },
            "type": "library",
            "autoload": {
                "classmap": [
                    "mpdf.php",
                    "classes"
                ]
            },
            "notification-url": "https://packagist.org/downloads/",
            "license": [
                "GPL-1.0+"
            ],
            "authors": [
                {
                    "name": "Ian Back"
                }
            ],
            "description": "A PHP class to generate PDF files from HTML with Unicode/UTF-8 and CJK support",
            "homepage": "http://www.mpdf1.com/mpdf/index.php",
            "keywords": [
                "pdf",
                "php",
                "utf-8"
            ],
            "time": "2014-08-24 08:33:20"
        },

Now mpdf version ace190986978df40b9c416cf7ba8761945fc1758 and my code

public function actionReport($id)
    {
        $model = $this->findModel($id);
        Yii::$app->response->format = 'pdf';
        $this->layout = '//print';      
        return $this->render('reportMts');      
    }

outputs

HTML contains invalid UTF-8 character(s)
mPDF error:

//reportMts has
<em>Title</em>

If del tag <em> then it works.

The code works:

protected function formatPdf($response)
    {
        $mpdf = new \mPDF();
        if ($this->rotated) {
            $mpdf->AddPage('L');
        }
        $mpdf->WriteHTML('<em>Title</em>'); 
        return $mpdf->Output('', 'S');
    }

Whats wrong?

[robregonm]

Try removing all mpdf references in your repositories section in composer.json file and just put: "robregonm/yii2-pdf": "dev-master" into require section. This will use the latest version of mpdf by default.

[githubjeka]

my composer.json

 "require": {
        "php": ">=5.4.0",
        "yiisoft/yii2": "*",
        "yiisoft/yii2-bootstrap": "*",
        "yiisoft/yii2-imagine": "*",
        "yiisoft/jquery": "~1.10",
        "yiisoft/yii2-jui": "*",
        "2amigos/yii2-grid-view-library": "*",
        "robregonm/yii2-pdf": "dev-master"
    },

mpdf version is latest 5.7.3. And my code does not work. If setted version 5.7.2 then my code works.

[robregonm]

Do you have repositories block into your composer.json file?

[githubjeka]

No

[githubjeka]

I add in my composer.json. It work fine, but why <em> and other some tags not work with new version 5.7.3 from render view file?

"require": {        
        "robregonm/yii2-pdf": "dev-master"
    },    
    "repositories": [
        {
            "type": "package",
            "package": {
                "name": "robregonm/yii2-pdf",
                "version": "dev-master",
                "source": {
                    "url": "https://github.com/robregonm/yii2-pdf",
                    "type": "git",
                    "reference": "ff3a6e7"
                },
                "require": {
                    "mpdf/mpdf": "5.7.2"
                },
                "autoload": {
                    "psr-4": {
                        "robregonm\\pdf\\": ""
                    }
                }
            }

        }
    ]

[robregonm]

Please remove the repositories block, it is not necessary for yii-pdf2 nor mpdf to work

[robregonm]

Also, please check that your files are utf8 encoded.

[githubjeka]

When "mpdf/mpdf": "5.7.2" then my code works . When "mpdf/mpdf": "5.7.3" then the code does not work. Why? My files is same, not changed.

The problem appeared after upgrade "mpdf/mpdf" to latest version 11 days ago.

[githubjeka]

Please try to have a code

//SiteController

public function actionIndex()
    {       
        Yii::$app->response->format = 'pdf';
        $this->layout = '//print';      
        return $this->render('report');      
    }

//print

<?php
/* @var $content */
$this->beginPage() ?>
    <!DOCTYPE html>
    <html>
    <head>
        <title>Title</title>       
    </head>
    <body>
    <?php $this->beginBody() ?>
    <?= $content ?>
    <?php $this->endBody() ?>
    </body>
    </html>
<?php
$this->endPage();

//report

<p class="text-right"><em>Title</em></p>

[robregonm]

I test on a big view file, and I use all kind of HTML tags (even mpdf-only tags). This error is pretty weird because by default yii-pdf uses lates version of mpdf ("mpdf/mpdf": "dev-master"). I'll test using specific version in order to see what happens.

[robregonm]

I executed a quick test and no issues so far. Take a look to composer.json file I use for a personal project where I'm using yii2-pdf package:

    "minimum-stability": "dev",
    "repositories": [
        {
            "type": "package",
            "package": {
                "name": "ace-editor",
                "version": "1.1.2",
                "source": {
                    "url": "https://github.com/ajaxorg/ace-builds.git",
                    "type": "git",
                    "reference": "master"
                }
            }
        },
        {
            "type": "package",
            "package": {
                "name": "cropper",
                "version": "0.3.0",
                "source": {
                    "url": "https://github.com/fengyuanchen/cropper.git",
                    "type": "git",
                    "reference": "master"
                }
            }
        },
    ],
    "require": {
        "php": ">=5.5.0",
        "yiisoft/yii2": "*",
        "yiisoft/yii2-bootstrap": "*",
        "yiisoft/yii2-redis": "*",
        "yiisoft/yii2-debug": "*",
        "yiisoft/yii2-gii": "*",
        "yiisoft/yii2-swiftmailer": "*",
        "yiisoft/yii2-jui": "*",
        "robregonm/yii2-auth": "*",
        "cebe/yii2-gravatar": "*",
        "FortAwesome/Font-Awesome": "*",
        "ckeditor/ckeditor": "*",
        "ace-editor": "*",
        "cropper": "*",
        "bootstrap-select/bootstrap-select": "*",
        "twig/twig": "*",
        "twitter/typeahead.js": "dev-master",
        "yiisoft/yii2-imagine": "*",
        "robregonm/yii2-pdf": "dev-master"
    },

Please compare, and tell me if it still fails for you. Also, please ensure you are using UTF8 encoding in your files.

[robregonm]

It seems that this is a mpdf related bug. Please report it in mpdf1.com/forum Thanks.

[githubjeka]

$mpdf->WriteHTML('<em>Title</em>'); it code works. From view the code oes not work, i wrote above. Okay, i will look to find problem.

[githubjeka]

I caught a bug https://github.com/finwe/mpdf/issues/28