How to create a barcode

Anon

Hello. I am new to write a php program. Now, I am facing a difficulties of building a barcode generator using php. All I know that there are so many barcode schema which one is the most popular and what the generator enginee is.

Thanks you for all your comment.

Anon

Just a guess... I would try to use image functions in PHP (you need GD Library) and bar code font to render images of bar codes... you can buy barcode fonts anywhere, there are even some free fonts that will do...

Boris Belobrad
Belcom Bailey LLC
www.belcombailey.com

Anon

I found this link(but haven't tried it out myself...)

http://www.weberdev.com/index.php3?GoTo=get_example.php3?count=184

(I found the link at http://www.faqts.com/knowledge-base/view.phtml/aid/769/fid/9)

Hope it works :-)
Kim

Anon

I use this. It's ugly, but it works nicley. once you set your directories up.

function make_barcode($barcode)
{

$make_bc = "barcode -o /tmp/".$barcode.".ps -e 39 -b ".chr(39).$barcode.chr(39);
exec ($make_bc,$ret);
echo $make_bc.",".$ret[0]." ";
$c_bc = "pstoimg -out /tmp/".$barcode.".gif -center 20 -density 100 -type gif -white -crop a /tmp/".$barcode.".ps";
exec ($c_bc,$ret);
echo $c_bc.",".$ret[0]." ".$ret[1]." ".$ret[2]." ".$ret[3]." ".$ret[4]." ".$ret[5]." ";
$c_c = "cp /tmp/".$barcode.".gif /home/inventory/public_html/bcimg/".$barcode.".gif";
exec ($c_c,$ret);
echo $c_c;
echo"<img src=bcimg/".$barcode.".gif>";
}