diff --git a/tcpdf.php b/tcpdf.php
index 5d98a631..7c2c0772 100644
--- a/tcpdf.php
+++ b/tcpdf.php
@@ -19151,7 +19151,7 @@ protected function openHTMLTagHandler($dom, $key, $cell) {
 				$imglink = '';
 				if (isset($this->HREF['url']) AND !TCPDF_STATIC::empty_string($this->HREF['url'])) {
 					$imglink = $this->HREF['url'];
-					if ($imglink[0] == '#' AND is_numeric($imglink[1])) {
+					if ($imglink[0] == '#' AND isset($imglink[1]) AND is_numeric($imglink[1])) {
 						// convert url to internal link
 						$lnkdata = explode(',', $imglink);
 						if (isset($lnkdata[0])) {