Special Characters in FPDF with PHP

Question

I have a web form that users can fill out and that content fills up a PDF with FPDF and PHP. When a user enters a word with an apostrophe, a slash appears before it on the P

Answer 1

Below works for me (Using FPDF):

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function em_jaz($word) {
$word = str_replace('+', ' ', $word);
$word = str_replace("%C3%A9","%E9",$word);          /* é */
$word = str_replace("%C3%A8","%E8",$word);          /* è */
$word = str_replace("%C3%AE","%EE",$word);          /* î */
$word = str_replace("%26rsquo%3B","%27",$word);     /* ' */
$word = str_replace("%C3%89","%C9",$word);          /* É */
$word = str_replace("%C3%8A","%CA",$word);          /* Ê */ 
$word = str_replace("%C3%8B","%CB",$word);          /* Ë */
$word = str_replace("%C3%8C","%CC",$word);          /* Ì */
$word = str_replace("%C3%8D","%CD",$word);          /* Í */
$word = str_replace("%C3%8E","%CE",$word);          /* Î */
$word = str_replace("%C3%8F","%CF",$word);          /* Ï */
$word = str_replace("%C3%90","%D0",$word);          /* Ð */
$word = str_replace("%C3%91","%D1",$word);          /* Ñ */
$word = str_replace("%C3%92","%D2",$word);          /* Ò */
$word = str_replace("%C3%93","%D3",$word);          /* Ó */
$word = str_replace("%C3%94","%D4",$word);          /* Ô */
$word = str_replace("%C3%95","%D5",$word);          /* Õ */
$word = str_replace("%C3%96","%D6",$word);          /* Ö */
$word = str_replace("%C3%98","%D8",$word);          /* Ø */                 
$word = str_replace("%C3%99","%D9",$word);          /* Ù */
$word = str_replace("%C3%9A","%DA",$word);          /* Ú */
$word = str_replace("%C3%9B","%DB",$word);          /* Û */
$word = str_replace("%C3%9C","%DC",$word);          /* Ü */
$word = str_replace("%C3%9D","%DD",$word);          /* Ý */
$word = str_replace("%C3%9E","%DE",$word);          /* Þ */
$word = str_replace("%C3%9F","%DF",$word);          /* ß */
$word = str_replace("%C3%A0","%E0",$word);          /* à */
$word = str_replace("%C3%A1","%E1",$word);          /* á */
$word = str_replace("%C3%A2","%E2",$word);          /* â */
$word = str_replace("%C3%A3","%E3",$word);          /* ã */
$word = str_replace("%C3%A4","%E4",$word);          /* ä */
$word = str_replace("%C3%A5","%E5",$word);          /* å */
$word = str_replace("%C3%A6","%E6",$word);          /* æ */
$word = str_replace("%C3%A7","%E7",$word);          /* ç */
$word = str_replace("%C3%AA","%EA",$word);          /* ê */
$word = str_replace("%C3%AB","%EB",$word);          /* ë */
$word = str_replace("%C3%AC","%EC",$word);          /* ì */
$word = str_replace("%C3%AD","%ED",$word);          /* í */
$word = str_replace("%C3%AF","%EF",$word);          /* ï */
$word = str_replace("%C3%B0","%F0",$word);          /* ð */
$word = str_replace("%C3%B1","%F1",$word);          /* ñ */
$word = str_replace("%C3%B2","%F2",$word);          /* ò */
$word = str_replace("%C3%B3","%F3",$word);          /* ó */
$word = str_replace("%C3%B4","%F4",$word);          /* ô */
$word = str_replace("%C3%B5","%F5",$word);          /* õ */
$word = str_replace("%C3%B6","%F6",$word);          /* ö */
$word = str_replace("%C3%B7","%F7",$word);          /* ÷ */
$word = str_replace("%C3%B8","%F8",$word);          /* ø */
$word = str_replace("%C3%B9","%F9",$word);          /* ù */
$word = str_replace("%C3%BA","%FA",$word);          /* ú */
$word = str_replace("%C3%BB","%FB",$word);          /* û */
$word = str_replace("%C3%BC","%FC",$word);          /* ü */
$word = str_replace("%C3%BD","%FD",$word);          /* ý */
$word = str_replace("%C3%BE","%FE",$word);          /* þ */
$word = str_replace("%C3%BF","%FF",$word);          /* ÿ */ 
$word = str_replace("%40","%40",$word);             /* @ */
$word = str_replace("%60","%60",$word);             /* ` */
$word = str_replace("%C2%A2","%A2",$word);          /* ¢ */
$word = str_replace("%C2%A3","%A3",$word);          /* £ */
$word = str_replace("%C2%A5","%A5",$word);          /* ¥ */
$word = str_replace("%7C","%A6",$word);             /* | */
$word = str_replace("%C2%AB","%AB",$word);          /* « */
$word = str_replace("%C2%AC","%AC",$word);          /* ¬ */
$word = str_replace("%C2%AF","%AD",$word);          /* ¯ */
$word = str_replace("%C2%BA","%B0",$word);          /* º */
$word = str_replace("%C2%B1","%B1",$word);          /* ± */
$word = str_replace("%C2%AA","%B2",$word);          /* ª */
$word = str_replace("%C2%B5","%B5",$word);          /* µ */
$word = str_replace("%C2%BB","%BB",$word);          /* » */
$word = str_replace("%C2%BC","%BC",$word);          /* ¼ */
$word = str_replace("%C2%BD","%BD",$word);          /* ½ */
$word = str_replace("%C2%BF","%BF",$word);          /* ¿ */
$word = str_replace("%C3%80","%C0",$word);          /* À */
$word = str_replace("%C3%81","%C1",$word);          /* Á */
$word = str_replace("%C3%82","%C2",$word);          /* Â */
$word = str_replace("%C3%83","%C3",$word);          /* Ã */
$word = str_replace("%C3%84","%C4",$word);          /* Ä */
$word = str_replace("%C3%85","%C5",$word);          /* Å */
$word = str_replace("%C3%86","%C6",$word);          /* Æ */
$word = str_replace("%C3%87","%C7",$word);          /* Ç */
$word = str_replace("%C3%88","%C8",$word);          `/`* È */
return $word;
}

$content = urlencode($content);

$content = urldecode($pdf->em_jaz($content));