[Resolved] can't find php_printer.dll

rbarrett

Anybody know if php_printer.dll works in XP. I'm running PHP 4.3.7 with IIS in windows XP.

I could not find the php_printer.dll in the "manual" download of php 4.3.7 but did manage to find a copy of it elsewhere. I changed the php.ini file per the instructions but I keep getting the following error:

PHP Warning: Unknown(): Unable to load dynamic library 'c:\php\extensions\php_printer.dll' - The specified module could not be found. in Unknown on line 0

I look in this directory and php_printer.dll version 5.0.0.0 is located there. In fact, it's the only thing there.

To be able to print to a printer would be extremely valuable to me. I am writing an application to go on a store computer that will be taking orders. I would love to be able to print the orders on a receipt.

Thanks,
Robert

TheDefender

Yes, the php_printer.dll works in Windowx XP running either IIS or Apache for the web server. (I have tested it in both configurations) I downloaded and installed 4.3.7 about 3 weeks ago, and the php_printer.dll file was in there... Not sure why it isn't in there now, but here's the one that was in the ZIP distribution I dowloaded then... Hope it helps.

Download and remove the .zip extension, drop it into your path, and retry it....

rbarrett

Thanks! That worked perfectly!

Robert

TheDefender

No problem... Incidentally, if you haven't already done so, you may want to contact the PHP Developers to ask why it wasn't in the recent distribution... They may not even know that it's not there.

rbarrett

Well....I'm back....

I ran the following code to test the print function and it work perfectly:

$handle = printer_open();
printer_start_doc($handle, "My Document");
printer_start_page($handle);

$font = printer_create_font("Arial", 148, 76, PRINTER_FW_MEDIUM, false, false, false, -50);
printer_select_font($handle, $font);
printer_draw_text($handle, "PHP is simply cool", 40, 40);
printer_delete_font($font);

printer_end_page($handle);
printer_end_doc($handle);
printer_close($handle);

However, when I tried to make a slight change I get the following error:

Fatal error: Maximum execution time of 30 seconds exceeded in c:\inetpub\wwwroot\test_print.php on line 5

Line five in my editor is: printer_start_page($handle);

I stopped the webserver and re-started it, but the same error occurs. Any ideas what might be happening?

Thanks,
Robert