DOMPDF images not showing on new server

Question

I've created an application which outputs a PDF report based on an HTML page using DOMPDF.

This works fine on my test server, but when I've migrated it over to the live server, none of the images show in the PDF. It's not showing a RED X - just nothing there at all.

I've checked that the new server meets the requirements using the config tool, and I've enabled the "leave images in temp" debugging option, and nothing is being created in the the temp directory.

Any ideas what might have changed to stop it from working?

Add this to the top of your code: error_reporting(E_ALL); ini_set('display_errors', '1'); — Evan Harrison, Jan 25 '12 at 02:30

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 20 '13 at 10:42

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I had this problem too. On the local server i could use for the image

<img src="www.test.dev/img/test.jpg" /> ,

but on the live server i had to change it to

<img src="img/test.jpg" />.

In this way you force dompdf on the server to locally access the image file.

answered Apr 20 '13 at 10:42

user1881928

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i am doing the same as you mentioned (), but it gives me error 'Image not readable or empty' – Irfan Ahmed Apr 01 '14 at 06:50
if you've got this message, it's because the path you wrote is wrong – jibe Dec 29 '14 at 21:13

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 02 '12 at 03:26

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It appears that if your CSS specifies your images as display:block, DOMPDF won't show them sometimes. Have changed my code so that it uses a pdf-specific CSS file without that it.

No idea why it worked on the other server though....

answered Feb 02 '12 at 03:26

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This makes sense as the default display property for the img element is [-dompdf-image](http://code.google.com/p/dompdf/source/browse/trunk/dompdf/lib/res/html.css?r=456#414). Changing the display would appear to alter dompdf's ability to recognize that the element is, in fact, and image. – BrianS Feb 06 '12 at 18:37

score 3 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 16 '12 at 09:49

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Note: For windows servers I had to point the true path to the images:

<img src="C:\path\to\image\folder\image.jpg">

answered Feb 16 '12 at 09:49

SpaceGeneral

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Thanks that worked. I am on linux though. I had to mention the full path of the image. – Gogol Nov 03 '14 at 05:59

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