FPDF with iconv from utf8mb4

Question

I have a string coming from MySql DB, encoded in utf8mb4. I am rendering a pdf with FPDF for PHP, and I tried to convert it with iconv:

iconv('utf8mb4', 'cp1252',$myString);

This fails telling me "Notice: iconv(): Wrong charset, conversion from utf8mb4' tocp1252' is not allowed". If I try with

iconv('utf-8', 'cp1252',$myString);

I get "Notice: iconv(): Detected an illegal character in input string".

Without iconv I get multiple ascii chars in place of special chars, and it is not fine.

Is there any way to output this value correctly?

I think this might be of some help http://stackoverflow.com/questions/16893035/using-utf8mb4-with-php-and-mysql — geggleto, Jun 08 '15 at 16:20
$myString comes from a select on a mysql table with utf8mb4 charset, on a connection estabilished with utf8mb4: db->set_charset("utf8mb4") — Nillus, Jun 09 '15 at 07:54

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 26 '15 at 08:17

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try this one to IGNORE character which is not allowed in the charset

iconv('utf-8', 'cp1252//IGNORE',$myString);

answered Jun 26 '15 at 08:17

Hilarius L. Doren

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This would just jump "strange" characters, not represent them correctly – Nillus Jun 26 '15 at 11:37

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 26 '15 at 11:37

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I tried, it did't work. I solved this by using a version of FPDF that allows utf8: TFPDF. It is fully retrocompatible, provided that you add its new font (ttf).

answered Jun 26 '15 at 11:37

Nillus

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FPDF with iconv from utf8mb4

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