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CHAPTER 16 ■ ADVANCED ZEND FRAMEWORK^253

If you do not have a local mail server/mail relay and want to send mail via the Simple Mail

Transfer Protocol (SMTP), the framework provides an interface for this. Listing 16-19 shows

an example.

Listing 16-19. Sending Mail via SMTP

$transport = new Zend_Mail_Transport_Smtp(

'mail.domain.com',

array(

'auth' => 'login',

'username' => 'myusername',

'password' => 'password'

)

);

The auth parameter controls how authentication information is passed to the SMTP server. It

can be can be plain, login, or cram-md5. To integrate the transport with the previous example,

replace the final send() call in Listing 16-18 with send($transport).

You can also use Zend_Mail_Transport_Sendmail when you need to pass additional options

to your sendmail-compatible mailer. Adding an -f option is often critical for correct delivery

headers when sending mail with a sendmail interface.

■Note See the Zend Framework reference manual at http://framework.zend.com for more details

about the advanced functionality that is available for sending mail.

Creating PDF Files

The Zend_Pdf component allows you to create or modify a PDF file in PHP code. It supports

various image formats, fonts, and some basic drawing.

Creating a PDF from scratch is simple. Just create a new instance of Zend_Pdf:

$pdf = new Zend_Pdf();

If you want to modify a PDF, simply use the static load function:

$pdf = Zend_Pdf::load('/path/to/load/file.pdf');

To save a PDF, either new or modified, call save():

$pdf->save('/path/to/save/file.pdf');

To return a string containing the binary data, such as for output directly to a browser,

call render():

$pdf->render();

All PDF documents have pages. You can retrieve pages, create new ones, and draw shapes,

fonts, and images to them. When you load an existing PDF, a collection property called pages

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