Re: remote printing?

Well, I guess it could work. Just make a connection to your dbase database, start drawing out the info that you need, and pipe it to lpr as below. $lines = func_for_getting_dbase_info("file.txt"); $fp = popen( "/usr/bin/lpr", "w" ); while ($line = array_shift($lines)) fputs($fp,$line); pclose($fp); On Fri, 6 Oct 2000, peter tatischev wrote: >> Perhaps the popen func will work. >> If you're using a linux box, lpr will print whatever stdin you feed >> it. >> >> $lines = file("file.txt"); >> $fp = popen( "/usr/bin/lpr", "w" ); >> while ($line = array_shift($lines)) >> fputs($fp,$line); >> pclose($fp); >Thanks for the idea, but the thing is that >the dbase is on one server, and the Cron module >is there as well, and it should be printed from another >computer. Will LPR work this way? > >Thanks, >~Peter > >> >> On Thu, 5 Oct 2000, peter tatischev wrote: >> >> >Hey, >> >i need a solution for a catering company that >> >would automatically print out the orders on their >> >kitchen printer. >> >They get their orders from web, and they're stored in several mySQL >> >tables. Somebody told me that the Kron module (for scheduled mySQL >> >queries) and JetDirect can be the solution, but I don't know anything >> >else about it? >> >Any suggestions? >> > >> >~Peter >> > >> > >> >-- >> >PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) >> >To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net >> >For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net >> >To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net >> > >> > > >-- >PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) >To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net >For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net >To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net >