Wicked_pdf and utf8 symbol

Question

In my generated pdf I get this

0,00 â‚¬

instead of

0,00 €

Application.html.erb

  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />

show.html.erb

<%=number_to_currency item.total%>

score 24 · Answer 1 · edited Jan 08 '21 at 12:26

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respond_to do |format|
  format.html { render template: 'invoices/show' }
  format.pdf  do
    render pdf: 'invoices/show',
           template: 'invoices/show', 
           formats: :HTML, 
           encoding: 'utf8'
  end
end

edited Jan 08 '21 at 12:26

Greg

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answered Apr 23 '14 at 11:49

sparkle

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You can also put same setting `encoding: 'utf8'` into your initializers\wicked_pdf config file – BlackTea Dec 03 '16 at 19:34

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 14 '21 at 11:29

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Still i can see the special characters in the PDF. Below is my code

pdf = WickedPdf.new.pdf_from_string(page_html,:page_size => "A3") 

  send_data(pdf, 
    :filename => "my_pdf_name.pdf", 
    :formats => 'HTML', 
    :encoding => 'utf8',
    :disposition => 'attachment') 
  end

answered Apr 14 '21 at 11:29

Lokesh S

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I use this format.pdf do render pdf: "invoice", layout: 'layouts/metronic/blank.pdf', template: 'invoices/show', formats: :html, encoding: 'utf8' end – sparkle Apr 14 '21 at 12:47
Check for valid HTML doctype – sparkle Apr 14 '21 at 12:47
Yes, I am using the format as HTML and utf8 as encoding. Can you just tell, what's wrong with the above code snippet – Lokesh S Apr 15 '21 at 07:05

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jan 13 '23 at 22:02

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config/initializers/wicked_pdf.rb

  WickedPdf.config = {
    encoding: 'utf8'
  }

answered Jan 13 '23 at 22:02

Jin Lim

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Wicked_pdf and utf8 symbol

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