#22668 [Com]: printer_write() doesn't work when you manipulate on text to be written

ID: 22668 Comment by: dave at mail dot slh dot wisc dot edu Reported By: rauf at ug dot bcc dot bilkent dot edu dot tr Status: Assigned Bug Type: PEAR related Operating System: Windows 2000 PHP Version: 4.3.1 Assigned To: fmk New Comment: I am using version 4.3.3RC3 IIS5 on Win2K. When running php in CGI mode I get the "couldn't allocate the printerjob" error, however when running as an ISAPI printer_write() functions without error. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2003-04-28 04:50:37] mj@php.net Frank M. Kromann (-> Assigned) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2003-04-28 03:53:57] arnaud@php.net Who is this extension maintainer ? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2003-03-12 19:07:32] iliaa@php.net This extension is now part of the PECL repository. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2003-03-12 18:21:21] rauf at ug dot bcc dot bilkent dot edu dot tr ?/ should be */ in the previous post ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2003-03-12 18:20:15] rauf at ug dot bcc dot bilkent dot edu dot tr This function (printer_write()) runs perfectly when i use the following: ob_start(); /* put some data on the screen ?/ echo("some text to be written\n"); echo("some other text to be written\n"); echo("another text to be written\n"); $handle = printer_open("Panasonic KX-P1150"); printer_set_option($handle, PRINTER_MODE, "RAW"); printer_set_option($handle, PRINTER_COPIES, 1); $string = ob_get_contents(); /* I'm using the data on the screen buffer */ printer_write($handle, $string); printer_close($handle); I have the following error message when i use the following code: Warning: couldn't allocate the printerjob [1804] in c:\apache\htdocs\... on line 148 the code is: ---------------- ob_start(); /* put some data on the screen ?/ echo("some text to be written\n"); echo("some other text to be written\n"); echo("another text to be written\n"); $handle = printer_open("Panasonic KX-P1150"); printer_set_option($handle, PRINTER_MODE, "RAW"); printer_set_option($handle, PRINTER_COPIES, 1); $string = ob_get_contents(); /* I'm using the data on the screen buffer */ replaceTurkish($string) /* this time i'm using this function that replaces the Turkish characters with the English ones. The function is given below */ printer_write($handle, $string); printer_close($handle); -------------------- function replaceTurkish(&$text) { $text = str_replace("Ð", "G", $text); $text = str_replace("Ü", "U", $text); $text = str_replace("Þ", "S", $text); $text = str_replace("Ý", "I", $text); $text = str_replace("Ö", "O", $text); $text = str_replace("Ç", "C", $text); $text = str_replace("ð", "g", $text); $text = str_replace("ü", "u", $text); $text = str_replace("þ", "s", $text); $text = str_replace("ý", "i", $text); $text = str_replace("ö", "o", $text); $text = str_replace("ç", "c", $text); } ---------------------------------- The same error occurs when I use: printer_write($handle, "$string"); instead of printer_write($handle, $string); ----------------------------------- I've seen some similar bug reports closed because of the PHP version is too old. I used the latest stable version but the same problem occurs. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=22668&edit=1