MPDF: Failed to display a mix of LTR and RTL text

Question

I have this block of code to use MPDF PHP library to convert a HTML document to PDF document, HTML document has both LTR and RTL languages:

    $mpdf = new mPDF;
    $content = '<div lang="he" style="direction: rtl;">רוחב: <span lang="en" style="direction: ltr; display: inline-block">483 mm (19")</span></div>';
    $mpdf->autoLangToFont = true;
    $mpdf->WriteHTML($content);
    $mpdf->Output();

The HTML version of $content displays correctly:

But in the PDF version, I get this

I have tried to apply many CSS styles but couldn't find any way to solve this. Do you have any solution? Thanks!

P/S: I don't speak Hebrew or any RTL language.

Try to set rtl for parent div only - $content = '<div lang="he" style="direction: rtl;">רוחב: <span lang="en">483 mm (19")</span></div>'; — Armen
Thank you @Armen, I already tried that but the result was the same. — Hung Tran
I just tested your code and it works for me. What mPDF version are you using? — simon

simon simon · Accepted Answer · 2016-02-17T10:01:35

Your code is working fine in mPDF 5.7.4.

For mPDF 6.0 you need to use <bdo> element instead of the css property direction:

$content = '<div dir="rtl">רוחב: <bdo dir="ltr">483 mm (19")</bdo></div>';

For more information about mPDF 6.0 see this reference.

MPDF: Failed to display a mix of LTR and RTL text

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