Barcode objects allow you to generate barcodes independently of the rendering support. After generation, you can retrieve the barcode as an array of drawing instructions that you can provide to a renderer. Objects have a large number of options. Most of them are common to all objects. These options can be set in four ways: As an array or a Zend_Config object passed to the constructor. As an array passed to the setOptions() method. As a Zend_Config object passed to the setConfig() method. Via individual setters for each configuration type. 'ZEND-FRAMEWORK', 'barHeight' => 40); // Case 1: constructor $barcode = new Zend_Barcode_Object_Code39($options); // Case 2: setOptions() $barcode = new Zend_Barcode_Object_Code39(); $barcode->setOptions($options); // Case 3: setConfig() $config = new Zend_Config($options); $barcode = new Zend_Barcode_Object_Code39(); $barcode->setConfig($config); // Case 4: individual setters $barcode = new Zend_Barcode_Object_Code39(); $barcode->setText('ZEND-FRAMEWORK') ->setBarHeight(40); ]]> In the following list, the values have no units; we will use the term "unit." For example, the default value of the "thin bar" is "1 unit". The real units depend on the rendering support (see the renderers documentation for more information). Setters are each named by uppercasing the initial letter of the option and prefixing the name with "set" (e.g. "barHeight" becomes "setBarHeight"). All options have a corresponding getter prefixed with "get" (e.g. "getBarHeight"). Available options are: Option Data Type Default Value Description barcodeNamespace String Zend_Barcode_Object Namespace of the barcode; for example, if you need to extend the embedding objects barHeight Integer 50 Height of the bars barThickWidth Integer 3 Width of the thick bar barThinWidth Integer 1 Width of the thin factor Integer, Float, String or Boolean 1 Factor by which to multiply bar widths and font sizes foreColor Integer 0 (black) Color of the bar and the text. Could be provided as an integer or as a HTML value (e.g. "#333333") backgroundColor Integer or String 16777125 (white) Color of the background. Could be provided as an integer or as a HTML value (e.g. "#333333") reverseColor Boolean FALSE Allow switching the color of the bar and the background orientation Integer, Float, String or Boolean 0 Orientation of the barcode font String or Integer NULL Font path to a TTF font or a number between 1 and 5 if using image generation with GD (internal fonts) fontSize Integer 10 Size of the font (not applicable with numeric fonts) withBorder Boolean FALSE Draw a border around the barcode and the quiet zones withQuietZones Boolean TRUE Leave a quiet zone before and after the barcode drawText Boolean TRUE Set if the text is displayed below the barcode stretchText Boolean FALSE Specify if the text is stretched all along the barcode withChecksum Boolean FALSE Indicate whether or not the checksum is automatically added to the barcode withChecksumInText Boolean FALSE Indicate whether or not the checksum is displayed in the textual representation text String NULL The text to represent as a barcode You can set a commont font for all your objects by using the static method Zend_Barcode_Object::setBarcodeFont(). This value can be always be overridden for individual objects by using the setFont() method. 'ZEND-FRAMEWORK') ); // will use 'my_font.ttf' // or: Zend_Barcode::render( 'code39', 'image', array( 'text' => 'ZEND-FRAMEWORK', 'font' => 3 ) ); // will use the 3rd GD internal font ]]> Getter Data Type Description getType() String Return the name of the barcode class without the namespace (e.g. Zend_Barcode_Object_Code39 returns simply "code39") getRawText() String Return the original text provided to the object getTextToDisplay() String Return the text to display, including, if activated, the checksum value getQuietZone() Integer Return the size of the space needed before and after the barcode without any drawing getInstructions() Array Return drawing instructions as an array. getHeight($recalculate = false) Integer Return the height of the barcode calculated after possible rotation getWidth($recalculate = false) Integer Return the width of the barcode calculated after possible rotation getOffsetTop($recalculate = false) Integer Return the position of the top of the barcode calculated after possible rotation getOffsetLeft($recalculate = false) Integer Return the position of the left of the barcode calculated after possible rotation