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    Problem with href using external file links and embedhtml when transforming to pdf
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    Posted by vrietz  · 09-06-2021 - 10:10

    Hello

    I'm trying to add links in my document that opens other files, like this:

    $docx->embedHTML('<a href="'.$filename.'" target="_blank">'.$val.'</a>', array('baseURL'=>"./annex/"));

    It works fine in a DOCX, but when I transform the document into a PDF the link becomes url encoded (like this: "%2Fannex%2F") and doesn't open.

    I also noticed that it doesn't happen when the path contains an accent. For example: 

    $docx->embedHTML('<a href="'.$filename.'" target="_blank">'.$val.'</a>', array('baseURL'=>"./annèx/"));
//or
$docx->embedHTML('<a href="é'.$filename.'" target="_blank">'.$val.'</a>', array('baseURL'=>"./annex/"));

    edit: the accent are misinterpreted in the code snippet

    I don't understand what is happening.

    I'm using phpdocx 7.5.

    Can you help me ?

    Thanks.

     

    Posted by admin  · 09-06-2021 - 10:35

    Hello,

    You may need to apply a character style to the link content to generate the PDF link correctly using the conversion plugin based on LibreOffice. Please check the documentation available on https://www.phpdocx.com/faqs/forum/default/topic/2012. phpdocx 11 adds a custom character style to links automatically, but previous versions require adding them using the wordStyles option.

    If you send to contact[at]phpdocx.com a DOCX sample we'll check it. As your username doesn't have a license tied, also please send the username or email of the user that purchased the license you are using.

    Regards.