Dompdf not rendering INR symbol in PDF

Question

I have come across an issue with dompdf while trying to use INR currency symbol. I have managed to resolve the issue using Dejavu Sans font family on my local server. But, when I upload the file to a live server it just generates a ? in place of the INR symbol. I have tried many methods like including providing @fontface{...} code ,define("DOMPDF_UNICODE_ENABLED",true), using 'Currencies' font family but it's not working.

require_once 'class-my-pdf-creator.php';
$dompdf = new my_pdf_obj();
define("DOMPDF_UNICODE_ENABLED", true);
$dompdf->set_option('isHtml5ParserEnabled', true);
$dompdf->loadHtml('<style>@font-face {
  font-family: "DejaVu Sans";
  font-style: normal;
  font-weight: normal;
}</style><span style="font-family: DejaVu Sans; sans-serif;">&#8377;</span>');
// (Optional) Setup the paper size and orientation
$dompdf->setPaper('A4', 'landscape');
$dompdf->set_option('font_subsetting', true);
// Render the HTML as PDF
$dompdf->render();
$dompdf->stream();

Please check my answer, let me know if you still have issues to render INR symbol. — Darshan Jain, Mar 21 '18 at 07:42
https://github.com/dompdf/dompdf/wiki/Usage <-- Perhaps just a BTW, but this links says that 0.6.0 and older use `load_html` and `set_paper`, not `loadHtml`/`setPaper` — sneep, Mar 21 '18 at 07:47
@teejay - Have you referred my answer? Let me know if you still facing any problems. — Darshan Jain, Mar 21 '18 at 08:22
Thanks,but it seems I have no luck with it. It still generates a '?'. — teejay, Mar 21 '18 at 09:24
I still have not been able to sort it out.Kindly tell me if you have any other idea to help me solve this. — teejay, Mar 23 '18 at 06:07

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 21 '18 at 07:41

Dompdf 0.6.x and above support different encoding.

The easiest way to display the INR is to encode your document in UTF-8. Then you can reference the INR symbol.

Add below statement to your HTML:

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

After adding above into your HTML, you can display INR symbol with below code:

<span style="font-family: DejaVu Sans; sans-serif;">&#8377;</span>

Dompdf not rendering INR symbol in PDF

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