ps_get_value

Gets certain values

Description

float ps_get_value(resource $psdoc, string $name, float $modifier = ?)

Gets several values which were set by ps_set_value. Values are by definition float values.

The parameter name can have the following values.

fontsize

The size of the currently active font or the font whose identifier is passed in parameter modifier.

font

The currently active font itself.

imagewidth

The width of the image whose id is passed in the parameter modifier.

imageheight

The height of the image whose id is passed in the parameter modifier.

capheight

The height of a capital M in the currently active font or the font whose identifier is passed in parameter modifier.

ascender

The ascender of the currently active font or the font whose identifier is passed in parameter modifier.

descender

The descender of the currently active font or the font whose identifier is passed in parameter modifier.

italicangle

The italicangle of the currently active font or the font whose identifier is passed in parameter modifier.

underlineposition

The underlineposition of the currently active font or the font whose identifier is passed in parameter modifier.

underlinethickness

The underlinethickness of the currently active font or the font whose identifier is passed in parameter modifier.

textx

The current x-position for text output.

texty

The current y-position for text output.

textrendering

The current mode for text rendering.

textrise

The space by which text is risen above the base line.

leading

The distance between text lines in points.

wordspacing

The space between words as a multiple of the width of a space char.

charspacing

The space between chars. If charspacing is != 0.0 ligatures will always be dissolved.

hyphenminchars

Minimum number of chars hyphenated at the end of a word.

parindent

Indention of the first n line in a paragraph.

numindentlines

Number of line in a paragraph to indent if parindent != 0.0.

parskip

Distance between paragraphs.

linenumberspace

Overall space in front of each line for the line number.

linenumbersep

Space between the line and the line number.

major

The major version number of pslib.

minor

The minor version number of pslib.

subminor, revision

The subminor version number of pslib.

Parameters

psdoc

Resource identifier of the postscript file as returned by ps_new.

name

Name of the value.

modifier

The parameter modifier specifies the resource for which the value is to be retrieved. This can be the id of a font or an image.

Return Values

Returns the value of the parameter or false.

See Also

  • ps_set_value