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<h1 class="refname">ps_show</h1>
<p class="verinfo">(PECL ps >= 1.1.0)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">ps_show</span> — <span class="dc-title">Output text</span></p>
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<div class="refsect1 description" id="refsect1-function.ps-show-description">
<h3 class="title">Description</h3>
<div class="methodsynopsis dc-description">
<span class="type">bool</span> <span class="methodname"><strong>ps_show</strong></span>
( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">resource</span> <code class="parameter">$psdoc</code></span>
, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$text</code></span>
)</div>
<p class="para rdfs-comment">
Output a text at the current text position. The text position can be set
by storing the x and y coordinates into the values <em>textx</em>
and <em>texty</em> with the function
<span class="function"><a href="function.ps-set-value.html" class="function">ps_set_value()</a></span>. The function will issue an
error if a font was not set before with <span class="function"><a href="function.ps-setfont.html" class="function">ps_setfont()</a></span>.
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<p class="para">
<span class="function"><strong>ps_show()</strong></span> evaluates the following parameters and values
as set by <span class="function"><a href="function.ps-set-parameter.html" class="function">ps_set_parameter()</a></span> and
<span class="function"><a href="function.ps-set-value.html" class="function">ps_set_value()</a></span>.
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<span class="term">charspacing (value)</span>
<dd>
<p class="para">
Distance between two consecutive glyphs. If this value is unequal to
zero then all ligatures will be resolved. Values less than zero are
allowed.
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</dd>
</dt>
<dt>
<span class="term">kerning (parameter)</span>
<dd>
<p class="para">
Setting this parameter to "false" will turn off kerning. Kerning is
turned on by default.
</p>
</dd>
</dt>
<dt>
<span class="term">ligatures (parameter)</span>
<dd>
<p class="para">
Setting this parameter to "false" will turn off the use of ligatures.
Ligatures are turned on by default.
</p>
</dd>
</dt>
<dt>
<span class="term">underline (parameter)</span>
<dd>
<p class="para">
Setting this parameter to "true" will turn on underlining. Underlining
is turned off by default.
</p>
</dd>
</dt>
<dt>
<span class="term">overline (parameter)</span>
<dd>
<p class="para">
Setting this parameter to "true" will turn on overlining. Overlining is
turned off by default.
</p>
</dd>
</dt>
<dt>
<span class="term">strikeout (parameter)</span>
<dd>
<p class="para">
Setting this parameter to "true" will turn on striking out. Striking out
is turned off by default.
</p>
</dd>
</dt>
</dl>
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<div class="refsect1 parameters" id="refsect1-function.ps-show-parameters">
<h3 class="title">Parameters</h3>
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<dt>
<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">psdoc</code></em></span>
<dd>
<p class="para">
Resource identifier of the postscript file
as returned by <span class="function"><a href="function.ps-new.html" class="function">ps_new()</a></span>.
</p>
</dd>
</dt>
<dt>
<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">text</code></em></span>
<dd>
<p class="para">
The text to be output.
</p>
</dd>
</dt>
</dl>
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<div class="refsect1 returnvalues" id="refsect1-function.ps-show-returnvalues">
<h3 class="title">Return Values</h3>
<p class="para">
Returns <strong><code>TRUE</code></strong> on success or <strong><code>FALSE</code></strong> on failure.
</p>
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<div class="refsect1 seealso" id="refsect1-function.ps-show-seealso">
<h3 class="title">See Also</h3>
<p class="para">
<ul class="simplelist">
<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.ps-continue-text.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">ps_continue_text()</a> - Continue text in next line</span></li>
<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.ps-show-xy.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">ps_show_xy()</a> - Output text at given position</span></li>
<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.ps-setfont.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">ps_setfont()</a> - Sets font to use for following output</span></li>
</ul>
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