# PDF::API2::Basic::PDF::Name - perldoc - [phpMan]

## NAME
    [PDF::API2::Basic::PDF::Name](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/PDF%3A%3AAPI2%3A%3ABasic%3A%3APDF%3A%3AName/markdown) - Low-level PDF name object

## METHODS
  [PDF::API2::Basic::PDF::Name](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/PDF%3A%3AAPI2%3A%3ABasic%3A%3APDF%3A%3AName/markdown)->from_pdf($string)
    Creates a new string object (not a full object yet) from a given string. The string is parsed
    according to input criteria with escaping working, particular to Names.

  $n->convert ($string, $pdf)
    Converts a name into a string by removing the / and converting any hex munging.

  $s->as_pdf ($pdf)
    Returns a name formatted as PDF. $pdf is optional but should be the PDF File object for which
    the name is intended if supplied.

  [PDF::API2::Basic::PDF::Name](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/PDF%3A%3AAPI2%3A%3ABasic%3A%3APDF%3A%3AName/markdown)->string_to_name ($string, $pdf)
    Suitably encode the string $string for output in the File object $pdf (the exact format may
    depend on the version of $pdf).

  [PDF::API2::Basic::PDF::Name](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/PDF%3A%3AAPI2%3A%3ABasic%3A%3APDF%3A%3AName/markdown)->name_to_string ($string, $pdf)
    Suitably decode the string $string as read from the File object $pdf (the exact decoding may
    depend on the version of $pdf). Principally, undo the hex encoding for PDF versions > 1.1.