I love the idea of using PHP to insert data into Postscript. I'm just not sure how to make it happen. The good news is that I've got barcodes drawing just the way I need them: http://www.winecarepro.com/kiosk/fast/shell/barcodemerge.ps The bad news is that's all hard-coded Postscript. I'd like to take your suggestion and use PHP to loop-through and draw the barcodes - - - however, if I put anything that resembles PHP in my .ps file, bad things happen. Anyone know the secret to creating a postscript .ps file that had PHP code injecting data into it? Here's the source file that works. Where PHP would be handy is at the very bottom of the script.... http://www.winecarepro.com/kiosk/fast/shell/barcodemerge.ps.zip On Mar 23, 2010, at 7:48 AM, Richard Quadling wrote: > On 23 March 2010 05:48, Jochem Maas <jochem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Op 3/23/10 3:27 AM, Rob Gould schreef: >>> I am trying to replicate the functionality that I see on this site: >>> >>> http://blog.maniac.nl/webbased-pdf-lto-barcode-generator/ >>> >>> Notice after you hit SUBMIT QUERY, you get a PDF file with a page of barcodes. That's _exactly_ what I'm after. >>> Fortunately, the author gives step-by-step instructions on how to do this on this page: >>> >>> http://blog.maniac.nl/2008/05/28/creating-lto-barcodes/ >>> >>> >>> So I've gotten through all the steps, and have created the "barcode_with_samples.ps" file, and have it hosted here: >>> >>> http://www.winecarepro.com/kiosk/fast/shell/ >>> >>> Notice how the last few lines contain the shell-script that renders the postscript: >>> >>> #!/bin/bash >>> >>> BASE=”100″; >>> NR=$BASE >>> >>> for hor in 30 220 410 >>> do >>> ver=740 >>> while [ $ver -ge 40 ]; >>> do >>> printf -v FNR “(%06dL3)” $NR >>> echo “$hor $ver moveto $FNR (includetext height=0.55) code39 barcode” >>> let ver=$ver-70 >>> let NR=NR+1 >>> done >>> done >>> >>> >>> I need to somehow create a PHP script that "executes" this shell script. And after doing some research, it sounds like >>> I need to use the PHP exec command, so I do that with the following file: >>> >>> http://www.winecarepro.com/kiosk/fast/shell/printbarcodes.php >>> >>> Which has the following script: >>> >>> <?php >>> >>> $command="http://www.winecarepro.com/kiosk/fast/shell/barcode_with_sample.ps";; >>> exec($command, $arr); >>> >>> echo $arr; >>> >>> ?> >>> >>> >>> And, as you can see, nothing works. I guess firstly, I'd like to know: >>> >>> A) Is this PHP exec call really the way to go with executing this shell script? Is there a better way? It seems to me like it's not really executing. >> >> that's what exec() is for. $command need to contain a *local* path to the command in question, currently your >> trying to pass a url to bash ... which obviously doesn't do much. >> >> the shell script in question needs to have the executable bit set in order to run (either that or change to command to >> run bash with your script as an argument) >> >> I'd also suggest putting the shell script outside of your webroot, or at least in a directory that's not accessable >> from the web. >> >> -- >> PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) >> To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >> >> > > I think this is a translation of the script to PHP. > > <?php > $BASE = 100; > $NR = $BASE; > > foreach(array(30, 220, 410) as $hor) { > $ver = 740; > while ($ver >= 40) { > printf("$hor $ver moveto (%06dL3) (includetext height=0.55) code39 > barcode\n", $NR); > $ver -= 70; > ++$NR; > } > } > > > > It produces output like ... > > 30 740 moveto (000100L3) (includetext height=0.55) code39 barcode > 30 670 moveto (000101L3) (includetext height=0.55) code39 barcode > 30 600 moveto (000102L3) (includetext height=0.55) code39 barcode > 30 530 moveto (000103L3) (includetext height=0.55) code39 barcode > 30 460 moveto (000104L3) (includetext height=0.55) code39 barcode > 30 390 moveto (000105L3) (includetext height=0.55) code39 barcode > 30 320 moveto (000106L3) (includetext height=0.55) code39 barcode > 30 250 moveto (000107L3) (includetext height=0.55) code39 barcode > 30 180 moveto (000108L3) (includetext height=0.55) code39 barcode > 30 110 moveto (000109L3) (includetext height=0.55) code39 barcode > 30 40 moveto (000110L3) (includetext height=0.55) code39 barcode > 220 740 moveto (000111L3) (includetext height=0.55) code39 barcode > 220 670 moveto (000112L3) (includetext height=0.55) code39 barcode > 220 600 moveto (000113L3) (includetext height=0.55) code39 barcode > 220 530 moveto (000114L3) (includetext height=0.55) code39 barcode > 220 460 moveto (000115L3) (includetext height=0.55) code39 barcode > 220 390 moveto (000116L3) (includetext height=0.55) code39 barcode > 220 320 moveto (000117L3) (includetext height=0.55) code39 barcode > 220 250 moveto (000118L3) (includetext height=0.55) code39 barcode > 220 180 moveto (000119L3) (includetext height=0.55) code39 barcode > 220 110 moveto (000120L3) (includetext height=0.55) code39 barcode > 220 40 moveto (000121L3) (includetext height=0.55) code39 barcode > 410 740 moveto (000122L3) (includetext height=0.55) code39 barcode > 410 670 moveto (000123L3) (includetext height=0.55) code39 barcode > 410 600 moveto (000124L3) (includetext height=0.55) code39 barcode > 410 530 moveto (000125L3) (includetext height=0.55) code39 barcode > 410 460 moveto (000126L3) (includetext height=0.55) code39 barcode > 410 390 moveto (000127L3) (includetext height=0.55) code39 barcode > 410 320 moveto (000128L3) (includetext height=0.55) code39 barcode > 410 250 moveto (000129L3) (includetext height=0.55) code39 barcode > 410 180 moveto (000130L3) (includetext height=0.55) code39 barcode > 410 110 moveto (000131L3) (includetext height=0.55) code39 barcode > 410 40 moveto (000132L3) (includetext height=0.55) code39 barcode > > > No idea if that is accurate or not. 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