[Php-java-bridge-users] float type pb

Hi everyone,

I'd like to use com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfContentByte setFontAndSize and
showTextAligned functions but I have a problem in passing them a float.
Here is my code:

...
$cb = $writer->getDirectContent();
$bf = new Java("com.lowagie.text.pdf.BaseFont");
$bf->createFont("Helvetica", "Cp1252", false);
$cb->setFontAndSize( $bf , 12);
...
I got this error:
Fatal error: Uncaught [o(Exception):"java.lang.Exception: Invoke failed:
[o(PdfContentByte)]->setFontAndSize((BaseFont)c(BaseFont), (float)o(Float)).
Cause: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: argument type mismatch [...]

It seems '12' is considerated as an Object Float and not a primitive type
float.
I had try different things like making an instance of a Float and call the
floatValue() or parseFloat() functions in order to get the float type value
but can't make it works.
How could I get the real primitive float type value?

I use PHP 5.1.1, JRE 1.5.0 Update 11  and iText-1.3.1 jar on Windows XP.

Help would be greatly appreciated!

Wilfrid