page printing help

jumbosheep · 11-04-2005

i have 3 questions,
1. is it possible to print the current page in php?
2. how to print the current page in javascript
3. is it possible to copy parts of the URL in php to use in a script?
any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks

ParaSnake · 11-04-2005

1 and 2 :
For me,if i want to create "print" feature,i would create a PHP script that simplify the current page for user to use the print feature on their browser,nothing more

Javascript to print page : [http://www.javascript-page.com/printpage.html ]

3.i dont get you at this question,but i think you want to operating the URL given,just use substr,check it here : http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.substr.php
In case you want to obtain the current URL,use javascript : "document.location"

jumbosheep · 11-04-2005

wow, thanks for the great help parasnake!

ParaSnake · 11-05-2005

well,the PHP manual at [ http://www.php.net ] is the biggest resources that u can find over the net,check it frequently

Order · 11-05-2005

You will want to use the PHP Manual, it is the best source and most useful reference manual for PHP you can ever use.

j3ll3 · 12-20-2005

There is also an other way to print a webpage, ant that is CSS
CSS is used to make your layout for your site, but it can also be used to simplify the webpage when the user hits the print button.

Very easy, just have two kinds of CSS in your <head>

Code:

<link href="webpages.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
<link href="print.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"  media="print">

In your print.css you will have to use the display-property: "none" alot.

Here some further information:
http://www.yourhtmlsource.com/styles...ediatypes.html
http://webdesign.about.com/cs/css/a/aa042103a.htm

Good luck