Headers/Footers

jonathantame

I'm not sure if this is actually a PHP question or not. I've been working with PHP for about 2 months. I love it! I finished my 3rd database today. This one was a personnel management system for a buddy of mine to track about 500 people that he's responsible for in the Navy. The database runs great using PHP/MySQL. My problem is this: The reason the database was built was to speed up his tracking efforts. When he's done working with the database for the week, he needs to print out certain data and turn it in to his superior. The data will print just fine, but the military has a regulation about documents with personal information on them. They must be marked accordingly. I need to figure out a way to put a "For Official Use Only" header and footer on each page that prints out. I thought about doing the php to pdf tactic, but I'm not sure if that will be an option. The Navy is pretty picky about what they allow on their servers. I might be able to convince them to put the PDFlib expansion on there, but I'm not sure. If I can't, is there a way to do it with html or php? Thanks.

knickerlas

HI
Is this what you mean?

HeaderFooter.php
<?
function header() {
?>

<head></head>
<body>
<h2>FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY</h2>
<?
} // header() ends here

function footer() {
?>
<h2>FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY</h2>
</body>

<?
} // footer() ends here
?>

YourPrintPage.php
<?

header();
// do your stuff here

footer();
?>

Good luck

Nick

knickerlas

Sorry, missed a bit the YourPrintPage.php should be like this:

YourPrintPage.php
<?
include("HeaderFooter.php"); //THIS BIT!
header();
// do your stuff here

footer();
?>

Nick