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<h1 class="refname">CairoSurface::createSimilar</h1>
<p class="verinfo">(PECL cairo >= 0.1.0)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">CairoSurface::createSimilar</span> — <span class="dc-title">The createSimilar purpose</span></p>
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<h3 class="title">Description</h3>
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<span class="modifier">public</span> <span class="type"><span class="type void">void</span></span> <span class="methodname"><strong>CairoSurface::createSimilar</strong></span>
( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type"><a href="class.cairosurface.html" class="type CairoSurface">CairoSurface</a></span> <code class="parameter">$other</code></span>
, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">int</span> <code class="parameter">$content</code></span>
, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$width</code></span>
, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$height</code></span>
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Create a new surface that is as compatible as possible with an existing surface. For example the new surface will have the same fallback resolution and font options as other. Generally, the new surface will also use the same backend as other, unless that is not possible for some reason. The type of the returned surface may be examined with CairoSurface::getType().
Initially the surface contents are all 0 (transparent if contents have transparency, black otherwise.)
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<div class="refsect1 parameters" id="refsect1-cairosurface.createsimilar-parameters">
<h3 class="title">Parameters</h3>
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<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">other</code></em></span>
<dd>
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An existing surface used to select the backend of the new surface
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</dd>
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<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">content</code></em></span>
<dd>
<p class="para">
The content for the new surface. See the CairoContent class for possible values.
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</dd>
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<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">width</code></em></span>
<dd>
<p class="para">
Width of the new surface, (in device-space units).
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</dd>
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<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">height</code></em></span>
<dd>
<p class="para">
Height of the new surface, (in device-space units).
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</dd>
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<div class="refsect1 returnvalues" id="refsect1-cairosurface.createsimilar-returnvalues">
<h3 class="title">Return Values</h3>
<p class="para">
A new CairoSurface
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<h3 class="title">Examples</h3>
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<p><strong>Example #1 <span class="methodname"><strong>CairoSurface::createSimilar()</strong></span> example</strong></p>
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<span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">/* ... */<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span>
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<div class="example-contents"><p>The above example will output
something similar to:</p></div>
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<div class="refsect1 seealso" id="refsect1-cairosurface.createsimilar-seealso">
<h3 class="title">See Also</h3>
<p class="para">
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<li class="member"> <span class="methodname"><strong>CairoContent()</strong></span></li>
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