| Re: Print preview in php [message #174252 is a reply to message #174233] |
Sat, 28 May 2011 13:12   |
Robert Heller
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At Sat, 28 May 2011 02:05:04 -0700 (PDT) Co <vonclausowitz(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
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> On 28 mei, 04:46, Robert Heller <hel...@deepsoft.com> wrote:
>> At Fri, 27 May 2011 21:24:36 -0400 Jerry Stuckle <jstuck...@attglobal.net=
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>>> On 5/27/2011 5:48 PM, Co wrote:
>>>> Hi All,
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>>>> I was wondering if someone can help me with a code to preview part of
>>>> a php page
>>>> and eventually print it.
>>>> I don't want to print all of the page with images etc, just the data
>>>> within a certain area of the page.
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>>>> Anyone know if this is possible?
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>>>> Regards
>>>> Marco
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>>> =A0From a web page? =A0Not possible. =A0PHP runs on the server and has =
> nothing
>>> to do with page layout (that's HTML/CSS). =A0Print preview runs on the
>>> client and is dependent on client settings, of which PHP has no knowled=
> ge.
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>> OTOH, if the web page in question is being served by the PHP code, all
>> you need to do is create a link, something like this:
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>> <a href=3D"/ServeThePrinterFriendlyPage.php?..." target=3D"_blank"
>> onclick=3D"window.open(this.href,'win2','status=3Dno,toolbar=3Dno,scrollb=
> ars=3Dyes,titlebar=3Dno,menubar=3Dno,resizable=3Dyes,width=3D640,height=3D4 =
> 80,directories=3Dno,location=3Dno');
>> return false;" rel=3D"nofollow">Print This</a>
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>> And then the ServeThePrinterFriendlyPage.php file would then serve the
>> page without the special effects that make sense on the screen (eg
>> images, flash, ads, etc.) but don't on the printer. =A0The
>> target=3D"_blank" attribute handles the case where JavaScript is not
>> available and the onclick attribute handles the case where JavaScript
>> is available. =A0On the page served, you need to include a link like:
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>> <a href=3D"#" onclick=3D"window.print();return false;">Print</a> and
>> optionally one like <a href=3D"#" onclick=3D"window.close();return
>> false;">Close</a>. The first is a button to print the page and the
>> second is a button to close the popup window.
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>> --
>> Robert Heller =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 -- 978-544-6933 / hel...@deepsoft.c=
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>> Deepwoods Software =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0--http://www.deepsoft.com/
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> what should there be in the ServeThePrinterFriendlyPage.php?
> Is that the same as in the normal page but without images etc?
Yes. Probably also without stuff like sidebars, menus, and extanious
navigation features -- just the basic printable content.
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> Marco
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