Invalid object reference for $obj.
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Description
- PHP Version: 8.0
- PDFParser Version: 2.12.0
Description: With this PDF I get this error: "Invalid object reference for $obj." on line 544 of the file RawDataParser.php
PDF input
Expected output & actual output
The text of the file
Code
$parser = new \Smalot\PdfParser\Parser();
// Leemos el PDF
try {
$config = new \Smalot\PdfParser\Config();
$config->setIgnoreEncryption(true);
$pdf = $parser->parseFile($pdfGenCu_FicheroTemporalRecibido, $config);
// Sacamos el texto y por si acaso, lo pasamos todo a mayúsculas
$contenidoPDF = $pdf->getText();
$contenidoPDF = strtoupper($contenidoPDF);
// Vamos a quitar los dobles espacios si hubiera
$contenidoPDF = preg_replace('/\s\s+/', ' ', $contenidoPDF);
} catch (Exception $e) {
$alert_text = 'Error al procesar el PDF: ' . $e->getMessage();
if (method_exists($e, 'getLine') && $e->getLine() !== null) {
$alert_text .= ' en la línea ' . $e->getLine();
}
if (method_exists($e, 'getFile') && $e->getFile() !== null) {
$alert_text .= ' en el fichero ' . $e->getFile();
}
}
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Research direction
Start at RawDataParser.php line 544 and reproduce the failure with the attached PDF using PHP 8.0 and PDFParser 2.12.0. Compare the parser's behavior with the provided parsing snippet and verify that the PDF's text can be extracted without the “Invalid object reference for $obj.” error.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- php
- Domain
- backend
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100