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<h1 class="refname">SWFShape::drawCurveTo</h1>
<p class="verinfo">(PHP 4 >= 4.0.5)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">SWFShape::drawCurveTo</span> — <span class="dc-title">Draws a curve</span></p>
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<h3 class="title">Description</h3>
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<span class="type">int</span> <span class="methodname"><strong>SWFShape::drawCurveTo</strong></span>
( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">float</span> <code class="parameter">$controlx</code></span>
, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">float</span> <code class="parameter">$controly</code></span>
, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">float</span> <code class="parameter">$anchorx</code></span>
, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">float</span> <code class="parameter">$anchory</code></span>
[, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">float</span> <code class="parameter">$targetx</code></span>
], <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">float</span> <code class="parameter">$targety</code></span>
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<div class="warning"><strong class="warning">Warning</strong><p class="simpara">This function is
<em class="emphasis">EXPERIMENTAL</em>. The behaviour of this function, its name, and
surrounding documentation may change without notice in a future release of PHP.
This function should be used at your own risk.
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<span class="function"><strong>swfshape::drawcurveto()</strong></span> draws a quadratic curve
(using the current line style, set by <span class="function"><a href="swfshape.setline.html" class="function">swfshape::setline()</a></span>)
from the current pen position to
(<em><code class="parameter">anchorx</code></em>,<em><code class="parameter">anchory</code></em>)
using (<em><code class="parameter">controlx</code></em>,<em><code class="parameter">controly</code></em>)
as a control point. That is, head towards the control point,
then smoothly turn to the anchor point.
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With 6 parameters, it draws a cubic bezier to point
(<em><code class="parameter">targetx</code></em>, <em><code class="parameter">targety</code></em>)
with control points (<em><code class="parameter">controlx</code></em>,
<em><code class="parameter">controly</code></em>) and
(<em><code class="parameter">anchorx</code></em>, <em><code class="parameter">anchory</code></em>).
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<h3 class="title">See Also</h3>
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<li class="member"> <span class="function"><strong>SWFShape::drawCurveTo()</strong></span></li>
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