I would consider it a problem if you cannot extend the zend framework. Thank you, Micah Gersten onShore Networks Internal Developer http://www.onshore.com
Karol Grecki wrote: > Martijn > > I encountered the same problem over a year ago and I managed to build my own > paragraph and table functionality without extending any of the Zend classes. > They work by accepting zend page object as an argument so the interface is a > bit different then regular methods but they work fine. > > Karol > > > Martijn Korse wrote: > >> I've used fpdf a few times (some time ago) and last week took a look at >> Zend_Pdf >> Let met start by saying i'm really happy with it, as it's so much clearer! >> >> However, i got disappointed quite quickly when it appeared that Zend_Pdf >> doesn't do text wrapping of large amounts of text. So, first i did a >> search with google to see if other people had tackled this issue. I found >> a class called Zend_Cell_Pdf, but unfortunately, that didn't work with my >> 1.5.2 installation. and every time i fixed one bug, i bumped into another. >> Also, i saw that even if i got it working it wouldn't support aligning the >> text with 'justify' - something i also need >> >> So, since it didn't seem to hard to program this functionality my self, i >> decided to do just that. >> One hour later, i had class that could create a text-block and even align >> it (left, right, center & justify). But then, the problems with Zend_Pdf >> started. >> >> I wrote a class that could do all the calculations and store the >> information about all the lines and spacing information. >> To keep things clean, i decided to overload the drawText function, by >> extending the Zend_Pdf_Page class and writing my own function. >> But since the $page object is created form the Zend_Pdf class i had to >> extend that class too, in order to let it instantiate my new page class. >> The problem is: both classes are filled with private variables that make >> extending them impossible. So, i'm left with two options: >> 1) modifying the Zend Framework classes so they can hadle my new >> functionality. I don't want this, because then i can never upgrade anymore >> 2) copying a lot code to my own classes to be able to write the output. >> this i obviously also don't want. >> >> I'm posting this here, to get some feedback. Maybe i'm overlooking some >> getter/setter functions? Maybe someone can explain to me if this was done >> intentionaly and why? >> >> i don't mind sharing my class btw. is that something i should post here on >> the mailinglist or is there a better place for that? >> >> > >
