Form to Print Out...urgent

Anon

I have created a Form using HTML, I need a complete script to process the form and send it once it was submitted to a \"Printer\" to be printed out automatically, can anyone help me with such a script. Please when answering the question consider the fact that I am a beginner with PHP.
Thanks
mann

Anon

PHP is a Web scripting language. Web servers do not ordinarily perform printing tasks, and PHP does not include any native support for printing.

If you are using a Unix/Linux Web server and it has printing facilities installed, it is a simple matter to open a pipe (see popen documentation) to lpr.

If you want the Web client to print the file, that is another matter entirely. Format the data and return a printable page. Hit control-P and send it to your desktop printer.

Anon

Here is a simple sample.
This will print the formatted message to the printer named "etude".

<?
// Print command with Unix change with the one for your plateform ( ie WinXX : echo "$msg" > :lpt1 )
define(PRINT_CMD," lpr -Petude ");

if ( $print ) { // form submit

// format the message to print
$msg="Name: $name\n\n";
$msg.="Message\n$text\n";

// Redirect the message to the print command
$cmd=" echo \"$msg\" | ".PRINT_CMD; 

// execution
exec($cmd);

}

<head><title>Print form</title></head>
<body>
<form name=print action="<? echo $PHP_SELF; ?>" method=post target=_self>
<table border=0>
<tr>
<td>Your name</td>
<td><input type=text name="name" size=40 value="<? echo $name; ?>"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Your comments</td>
<td><textarea cols=40 rows=10 name=text><? echo $text; ?></textarea></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan=2 align=center><input type=submit name=print value=print>
</tr>
</table>
</form>
</body>

Tell me if there's any dark point in this snippet.

Hth

JBL

Anon

Hello,

I need this script to and i tried this, but it didn't work at me. I'm using a win98 client machine and want to send the input of the form to lpt1. What do i do wrong??
I'm a beginner too, so maybe it's very easy, but not for me, please be clear!

Best regards, msillusion

Anon

Using PHP script to send form data to printer

the only code I have got is the following:

<?
// Print command with Unix
echo "$msg" > :lpt1 )
define(PRINT_CMD," lpr -Petude ");

if ( $print ) { // form submit

// format the message to print
$msg="Name: $name\n\n";
$msg.="Message\n$text\n";

// Redirect the message to the print command
$cmd=" echo \"$msg\" | ".PRINT_CMD;

// execution
exec($cmd);

}

Anon

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Steve Yelvington wrote:

PHP is a Web scripting language. Web servers do not ordinarily perform printing tasks, and PHP does not include any native support for printing.

If you are using a Unix/Linux Web server and it has printing facilities installed, it is a simple matter to open a pipe (see popen documentation) to lpr.

If you want the Web client to print the file, that is another matter entirely. Format the data and return a printable page. Hit control-P and send it to your desktop printer.