Joomla 3.8 - call to undefined method while generating a pdf

[alenah502]

Hi,

I have a problem with generating pdf from article - it gives this error. It worked before update

Call to undefined method Joomla\CMS\Document\RawDocument::setHeader() in ...components\com_content\views\article\view.pdf.php on line 131

The same for other methods in that file.
I have tried at two websites, even with a default Joomla protostar template.

[Jan]

Hi, Joomla! 3.8 is now full of issues, can you let me know all the errors, so I can take a look at it (unfortunately for now I don't know if I should change it in code or if it will be fixed in some of next Joomla! version)

Jan

[alenah502]

So far the only one.
The same error is also for these lines in view.pdf.php
$document->setArticleText($item->article_text);
$document->setArticleTitle($item->title);

Just a patch would be fine :), but if the new version is about to be released soon...

[Jan]

Hi, I can add the patch when I know, it is not a bug in Joomla! which will be fixed.

For now, just try to comment all the rows with $document:

FROM:

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$document = JFactory::getDocument();
$document->setHeader($this->getHeaderText($item, $params));

echo $item->text;		
$document->setArticleText($item->article_text);
$document->setArticleTitle($item->title);

TO:

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//$document = JFactory::getDocument();
//$document->setHeader($this->getHeaderText($item, $params));

echo $item->text;		
//$document->setArticleText($item->article_text);
//$document->setArticleTitle($item->title);

[alenah502]

Ok, thanks!
I have tried it - but the pdf is not generated - I get only a html page

[francky]

I'm having the same issue, Commented those lines and just like alenah502, i only can have an html page.

So commenting just helps to give no error, but PDF isn't created

[JanMisker]

The document rendering seems completely reworked in Joomla 3.8, there is no JDocument class anymore, instead there is a Document class in libraries/src/Document/

Any estimate on how long it will take to achieve compatibility with 3.8 ?

[JanMisker]

I managed to get it working again with the new Document class. I created a file libraries/src/Document/PdfDocument.php and put in there the contents of libraries/joomla/document/pdf/pdf.php, with some small changes to the code, most important of course to extend from Document instead of JDocument.

I also had to re-apply a fix I made earlier to administrator/components/com_phocapdf/helpers/phocapdfrender.php, in the default: case there was no $pdf object created. This was needed to use it with my custom component.

[Paul33]

Hi @janmisker,

I'm facing the same issue as you. Do you think you can share your modified files ?

Best regards,

Paul

[Jan]

Hi @janmisker, yes, will be great if you can share the changes here.

Thank you, Jan