Strange chararacters while parsing PDF

[LudovicMaillet]

• PHP Version: 8.2
• PDFParser Version: 3 (the last from github)

Description:

Hello
Very strange characters are returned by parsing bank detail PDF

PDF input

Releve_compte_31_10_2016-1.pdf

Expected output & actual output

[22-Nov-2023 15:48:38 Europe/Paris] $config: Smalot\PdfParser\Config Object
(
[fontSpaceLimit:Smalot\PdfParser\Config:private] => -50
[horizontalOffset:Smalot\PdfParser\Config:private] =>
[pdfWhitespaces:Smalot\PdfParser\Config:private] =>
[22-Nov-2023 15:48:38 Europe/Paris] $metaData: Array
(
[Author] => QIJS
[CreationDate] => 2016-11-01T16:10:42+00:00
[Creator] => IBM i program CBFEXPO/B0203P
[ModDate] => 2019-01-14T10:59:15+01:00
[Producer] => 2A55SAM Spool-a-Matic by Gumbo Software Inc V2R7M0
[Subject] => B0203PPR
[Pages] => 3
[dc:format] => application/pdf
[dc:creator] => QIJS
[dc:description] => B0203PPR
[xmp:createdate] => 2016-11-01T16:10:42
[xmp:creatortool] => IBM i program CBFEXPO/B0203P
[xmp:modifydate] => 2019-01-14T10:59:15+01:00
[xmp:metadatadate] => 2019-01-14T10:59:15+01:00
[pdf:producer] => 2A55SAM Spool-a-Matic by Gumbo Software Inc V2R7M0
[xmpmm:documentid] => uuid:a93675b5-9dae-584d-baf5-106a071e6cfc
[xmpmm:instanceid] => uuid:a8b43f68-a150-464b-94ce-f5079011be95
)

[22-Nov-2023 15:48:38 Europe/Paris] Number of pages : 3
[22-Nov-2023 15:48:38 Europe/Paris] $text: ŧ£™�‰£@„…@¥–£™…@ƒ–”—£…@…•
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@ÂÖäÙâÖÙÁÔÁ@ÅââÅÕãÉÅÓ@×Óäâ
@@@@ñ
ÔÙ@Öä@ÔÔÅ@ÅÔÔÁÕäÅÓ@ÂÙÖÃÈÖã
ñô@ÙäÅ@âÅÇäÉÅÙ
×ÁÙÉâ
÷õððö@×ÁÙÉâ
@ñaññaòðñö ôðöñøøðòöóðððôðò÷ôöõø ñõÅäÙ @ñañðaòðñö óñañðaòðñö@@@@ñKðððkðð@Ÿ @@ðkðððððð@l@@@ñ
ÂÖäâÆÙ××ççç ÆÙ÷öôðöñøøðòöóðððôðò÷ôöõøñõ
ÔÖäåÅÔÅÕãâ@ÅÕ@ÅäÙ
âÖÓÄÅ@Áä@z óðaðùaòðñö @@@@@@@@@@@@ñKöòñkóö
@óañðaòðñö Ù…“…¥À@„‰††À™À@Ã�™£…@ôù÷ù\\ö÷ôñ @óañðaòðñö@@@@@@@@@ñKõðøkôó
@óañðaòðñö Ù…“…¥À@„‰††À™À@Ã�™£…@ôù÷ù\\ùñøù @óañðaòðñö@@@@@@@@@@@ô÷ökõø
@óañðaòðñö Ù…“…¥À@„‰††À™À@Ã�™£…@ôù÷ù\\ùñøù @óañðaòðñö@@@@@@@@@@@@@ùkùù

Code

My code :
// Parse PDF file and build necessary objects.
$parser = new Parser();
$pdf = $parser->parseFile($pdf_file_name);
$config = $parser->getConfig();
error_log(' $config: '.print_r( $config, true ) );

$metaData = $pdf->getDetails();
error_log(' $metaData: '.print_r( $metaData, true ) );

$pages = $pdf->getPages();
$nb_pages = sizeof( $pages );
error_log('Number of pages : '.$nb_pages );

$text = $pdf->getText();
error_log(' $text: '.print_r( $text, true ) );

[eddih19]

I've got a similar problem as well with one of my files. Others seem to work fine.
The problem file:
pdf_example.pdf
getText() resulting in: �0�H�U�N���1�U���� �� �2�P�V�F�K�U�L�M�Y�L�Q�J����

I've tried all types of settings and decoding but to no avail. I'm keeping an eye on this thread!

[eddih19]

@LudovicMaillet just found these 2 similar issues, apparently it's related to the decoding of certain font types ( identity-H );

#534
#641 (the last few comments)

It doesn't seem that there is solution yet, hopefully someone corrects me on that!

-- Edit; it seems that your document does not contain the identity-H font type, so you might have another problem.

[LudovicMaillet]

Hello
I tried with other PDF parser, like PDFCrowd, and its working very well with this documents.
It concerns all Boursorama bank details since 2016
Regards
Ludovic