Subject: Web Printing

At 10:27 31/03/2005 +0000, you wrote:

Message-ID: <00d201c535db$dd264570$800101df@towa.local> From: "Ng Hwee Hwee" <hhwee@towa.com.sg> To: "PHP DB List" <php-db@lists.php.net> Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2005 18:24:41 +0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative;

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Subject: Web Printing Hi all, i know i can print out a header and footer using HTML <thead> and <tfoot>. However, the <tfoot> doesn't always stay at the bottom of the page. For example, if the the last page only have 2 records, the <tfoot> will appear pretty high on the page. i am wondering how can i use PHP to fix the position of my header and footer

PHP cannot help you here, it's the wrong tool for the job (it's a "hammer" not a "screwdriver" so to speak). You need to (*must* !!!) use CSS to position and specify the height and dimensions of the thead and tfoot thus : thead {

        display: table-header-group;
        position: absolute;
        top: 0;
        height: 36pt;
        width: 100%;

} tfoot {

        display: table-footer-group;
        position: absolute;
        bottom: 0;
        height: 36pt;
        width: 100%;

} These should apply *reasonably* well to position your thead and tfoot row groups in the same place on each printed page (adjust as desired). You *cannot* use PHP to "guess" the height of the page areas reliably unless you are using a fixed pitch font such as a dot matrix line printer. And even then it's somewhat guesswork (I've done both). But if we're assuming that you're users have laser printers you *must* use CSS to do the print layout, PHP "line height guessing" will not work for you. Cheers - Neil