Re: Printing

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On Thu, Jan 5, 2012 at 8:35 PM, Jim Giner <jim.giner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> My first attempt to print something to a printer.
> I actually just went ahead and tried this from my website:
> $hdl = printer_open();
> printer_write($hdl,"This is my printed page");
> printer_write($hdl,"This is line 1");
> printer_write($hdl,"This is line 2");
> printer_write($hdl,"This is line 3");
> printer_close($hdl);
>
>
> The error I got was:  Fatal error: Call to undefined function printer_open()
> in .....
>
> Reading in the manual I find the following conflicting statements:
>  1) These functions are only available under Windows 9.x, ME, NT4 and 2000.
> They have been added in PHP 4.0.4.
> 2) No external libraries are needed to build this extension.
>
> 3) This » PECL extension is not bundled with PHP. Windows users must enable
> php_printer.dll inside of php.ini in order to use these functions. A DLL for
> this PECL extension is currently unavailable. See also the building on
> Windows section.
>
> ********
>
> I'm not sure what all those tidbits of information are telling me.  Are they
> outdated?  Is there some other chapter in the manual  I should read?  I only
> looked in "Printer".
>
> FWIW - I'm running windows xp on my client.  My host runs Apache and 2.2.21
> and PHP 5.3.6.
>
> My question is:  Is there something I (me!) have to do to get printing to
> function in my domain's PHP install?
>

It is PECL extension not bundled by default -
www.php.net/manual/en/printer.installation.php

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Nilesh Govindarajan
http://nileshgr.com

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