How to print a document using a php script ???

[Anon]

Hi!!
I 'm working under RedHat 6.1 and i want to create a php file in order to run a remote printer and to print the document but i don't know if it's possible!
So, a user can print his document with a simple click on a link.
Can someone help me??
Thank you very much!
Arnaud D.

[Anon]

I think this is possible.. im pretty pretty sure.. not positive but ive seen something like this. One sec ill snag some code

Desmazes Arnaud wrote:

Hi!!
I 'm working under RedHat 6.1 and i want to create a php file in order to run a remote printer and to print the document but i don't know if it's possible!
So, a user can print his document with a simple click on a link.
Can someone help me??
Thank you very much!
Arnaud D.

[Anon]

Sure! You can get PHP to call any external program you want, using (read up on the manual to see which is most appropriate for you) exec(), system(), or passthru(). On linux, the print utility is called "lpr", so

system("lpr $filename");

will do the job. A warning: if $filename is user-supplied, you will want to make sure to use $filename = escapeshellcmd($filename) before you allow $filename to appear in any system, exec, or passthru command; otherwise, you have a potential security hole. Read up on these functions in the PHP manual for more info.

HTH,

AC