(PECL ps >= 1.1.0)
ps_get_parameter — Gets certain parameters
Gets several parameters which were directly set by ps_set_parameter() or indirectly by one of the other functions. Parameters are by definition string values. This function cannot be used to retrieve resources which were also set by ps_set_parameter().
The parameter name
can have the following values.
fontname
The name of the currently active font or the font whose identifier is passed in parameter modifier
.
fontencoding
The encoding of the currently active font.
dottedversion
The version of the underlying pslib library in the format <major>.<minor>.<subminor>
scope
The current drawing scope. Can be object, document, null, page, pattern, path, template, prolog, font, glyph.
ligaturedisolvechar
The character which dissolves a ligature. If your are using a font which contains the ligature `ff' and `|' is the char to dissolve the ligature, then `f|f' will result in two `f' instead of the ligature `ff'.
imageencoding
The encoding used for encoding images. Can be either hex
or 85
. hex encoding uses two bytes in the postscript file each byte in the image. 85 stand for Ascii85 encoding.
linenumbermode
Set to paragraph
if lines are numbered within a paragraph or box
if they are numbered within the surrounding box.
linebreak
Only used if text is output with ps_show_boxed(). If set to true
a carriage return will add a line break.
parbreak
Only used if text is output with ps_show_boxed(). If set to true
a carriage return will start a new paragraph.
hyphenation
Only used if text is output with ps_show_boxed(). If set to true
the paragraph will be hyphenated if a hypen dictionary is set and exists.
hyphendict
Filename of the dictionary used for hyphenation pattern.
psdoc
Resource identifier of the postscript file as returned by ps_new().
name
Name of the parameter.
modifier
An identifier needed if a parameter of a resource is requested, e.g. the size of an image. In such a case the resource id is passed.
Returns the value of the parameter or false
on failure.