getDataTm is not returning all the text

[ridgey-dev]

• PHP Version: 8.2.27
• PDFParser Version: 2.11.0

Description:

PDF input

pdf-with-text.pdf

Expected output & actual output

The PDF contains the word {{signer1}}, but the getDataTm does not return this text for the second page.

[
  [
    [
      "1",
      "0",
      "0",
      "1",
      "36.266",
      "754.031"
    ],
    "Test"
  ],
  [
    [
      "1",
      "0",
      "0",
      "1",
      "34.016",
      "701.653"
    ],
    ""
  ]
]

Note that: The getTextArray is returning {{signer1}}. The problem has to do something with getTextArray returning an empty string for the second page. (Probably because of the image?)

[
  "Test",
  "",
  "{{signer1}}"
]

Code

$parser = new Parser();
$document = $parser->parseContent($content);

foreach ($document->getPages() as $page) {
    foreach ($page->getDataTm() as $value) {
        var_dump($value);
    }
}

[MaheKarim]

// Extract PDF (Text Based Content)
$parser = new Parser();
$pdf = $parser->parseFile($filePath);
$resumeContent = $pdf->getText();

This works for me

[ridgey-dev]

Yup. That is because the getText function contains some trim logic:

pdfparser/src/Smalot/PdfParser/Document.php

Line 439 in 0ddcc54

if ($text = trim($page->getText())) {

But sadly, I need the position of the text too. So I can't just use the getText function.

Maybe a solution could be to move that check to getTextArray ? I'm not very familiar with that code, so it would be helpful if someone can think about this.

[ridgey-dev]

I created a PR to fix this: #762. Can someone take a look at it?