print function

benracer

hi,
i have a order application written i php. how could i print an invoice/address lable.
i can get the data onto a page ect...

thanks
ben

halojoy

At least I want to see a bit of an order app
and some sample of how you figure your printout to be in that page.
Maybe some more info, benracer?
🙂

NogDog

Are you asking how to print it from the server to a printer on the host's network, or to provide a print page for the user on the client side (browser)?

benracer

from basically to print out a page - no graphics just text.
like on ebays print address labels

Horizon88

You could either set a stylesheet for printing in the HTML, or you could provide a Print link that takes them to a text-only version of the page, in which you simply echo out the content for the page instead of inserting it into a template or other HTML code.

halojoy

Horizon88 wrote:
You could either set a stylesheet for printing in the HTML, or you could provide a Print link that takes them to a text-only version of the page, in which you simply echo out the content for the page instead of inserting it into a template or other HTML code.

CSS has a display property

.hide {display:none}
.show {display:inline}
<p class="hide">this wont show</p>
<p class="show">this will show</p>
<p>this will also be shown</p>

This is something called HTML DOM, which have a display property.
It is something with Java.

<html>
<head>
<script type="text/javascript">
function removeElement()
{
document.getElementById("hide").style.display="none";
}
</script>
</head>
<body>

<h1>Hello</h1>

<p id="hide">This is some text. This is some text. This is some text.
This is some text. This is some text. This is some text.
This is some text. This is some text. This is some text.</p>

<p id="normal">This is some text. This is some text. This is some text.
This is some text. This is some text. This is some text.
This is some text. This is some text. This is some text.</p>

<input type="button" onclick="removeElement()"
value="Hide first paragraph" />

</body>
</html>

Horizon88

halojoy wrote:

CSS has a display property

.hide {display:none}
.show {display:inline}
<p class="hide">this wont show</p>
<p class="show">this will show</p>
<p>this will also be shown</p>

This is something called HTML DOM, which have a display property.
It is something with Java.

<html>
<head>
<script type="text/javascript">
function removeElement()
{
document.getElementById("hide").style.display="none";
}
</script>
</head>
<body>

<h1>Hello</h1>

<p id="hide">This is some text. This is some text. This is some text.
This is some text. This is some text. This is some text.
This is some text. This is some text. This is some text.</p>

<p id="normal">This is some text. This is some text. This is some text.
This is some text. This is some text. This is some text.
This is some text. This is some text. This is some text.</p>

<input type="button" onclick="removeElement()"
value="Hide first paragraph" />

</body>
</html>

... or instead of loading up the page with crappy javascript and kludgy methods to hide shit, you can set an alternate stylesheet for "print", which just removes all the styling, like I said.

Try googling for "alternate stylesheets for printing" or something along those lines to see what I mean, halojoy.