What are common issues when converting PDF to text using PHP libraries like pdfparser?

One common issue when converting PDF to text using PHP libraries like pdfparser is the encoding problem, where special characters may not be displayed correctly. To solve this, you can specify the encoding when extracting text from the PDF. 

use Smalot\PdfParser\Parser;

$parser = new Parser();
$pdf = $parser->parseFile('example.pdf');
$text = $pdf->getText();

// Specify the encoding when extracting text from the PDF
$text = iconv('ISO-8859-1', 'UTF-8', $text);

echo $text;

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