html_entity_decode in FPDF(using tFPDF extension)
fpdf, html-encode, pdf, php
Solution
you need this:
iconv('UTF-8', 'windows-1252', html_entity_decode($str));
the html_entity_decode decodes the html entities. but due to any reason you must convert it to utf8 with iconv. i suppose this is a fpdf-secret... cause in normal browser view it is displayed correctly.
Problem
I am using tFPDF to generate a PDF. The php file is UTF-8 encoded. I want `©` for example, to be output in the pdf as the copyright symbol. I have tried `iconv`, `html_entity_decode`, `htmlspecialchars_decode`. When I take the string I am trying to decode and hard-code it in to a different file and decode it, it works as expected. So for some reason it is not being output in the PDF. I have tried output buffering. I am using `DejaVuSansCondensed.ttf` (true type fonts). Link to tFPDF: http://fpdf.org/en/script/script92.php I am out of ideas. I tried double decoding, I checked everywhere to make sure it was not being encoded anywhere else.