You read and write to it like any other file. Calls on windows will be slightly different. $PRINTERPORT = fopen("/dev/lpt1", "r+"); $PRINTERPORT = fopen("lpt1", "r+"); Cheers, Curtis viper wrote: > hi all! > > is it possible to write and read data on a COM or LPT port? > is there any function or class in PHP? > > anyone has already done something similar? > > thanks, > viper > > -- > + http://vipertechnology.dyndns.org > () ascii ribbon campaign - against html e-mail > /\ www.asciiribbon.org - against proprietary attachments > + http://vipertechnology.dyndns.org/cotnact/ > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >