Barcode readers interfaced to PHP/MySQL

[soundobj]

HI there, has anybody know of any partivulary reliable and easy to interface Barcode reader to interface to PHP / MySQL?

thanks

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[Kudose]

I've personally never heard of it. You might want to look into Java.

[soundobj]

I know I can use the Barcode reader as a keyboard input so user only has to select an input field with the mouse for the code to be written to it when scanned but I think this will cause problems so

I wanted to directly get the data from the serial port or USB onto PHP and feedback the user somehow

[Kudose]

From what I've just stumbled upon on the net: Bar code scanners just translate the bar codes into a string of charsacters just like a keyboard.

Here's my idea: You could create a page that is a simple form containing a single input field. You can place an onChange event onto it. By doing so you can force the page to sleep for a second or two, giving the bar coder scanner enough time to fully translate the scanned code and input it onto the page, before auto-submitting the form to post information to your database.

I hope that made sense and helps.

🙂

[JoeBrewer]

The keyboard wedge and USB scanners both pass the data into the keyboard buffer - just as though it was being typed in by a keyboard.

Therefore, all you need to do is take the data as though it has been typed in.

Joe

[soundobj]

Thanks Kudose, thas kind of the idea I have in mind too, and it seems the route to go forward... (at least the most straightforward)

cheers for your input

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