printer

[alexgeek]

Has anyone been able to succesfully get the printer functions to work?
I can't

[c010depunkk]

From php.net:

These functions are only available under Windows 9.x, ME, NT4 and 2000. They have been added in PHP 4.0.4.
Installation

This » PECL extension is not bundled with PHP.
Windows users must enable php_printer.dll inside of php.ini in order to use these functions. Unbundled PECL extensions may be downloaded from: » http://pecl4win.php.net/
Runtime Configuration

The behaviour of these functions is affected by settings in php.ini.

have you installed the package and adjusted the settings?

[alexgeek]

I think so.
I've added the dll to the extension list and it's in the folder

[c010depunkk]

PECL extensions? php.ini settings? Are you running Windows 9.x, ME, NT4 or 2000?

[alexgeek]

I have the extension DLL in my extension folder,
I have added extension=php_printer.dll to php.ini,
and I'm on windows server 2003 using a network printer.
I probably should of mentioned this before, i get this error:

Fatal error: Out of memory (allocated 262144) (tried to allocate 4294967295 bytes) in C:\Web\Blog\admin\uploads\printtest.php on line 3

And I had one before saying

couldn't allocate the printerjob

[c010depunkk]

code?

[alexgeek]

I can't remember,
i'm at school now, but it was like the one on the php manual.
or could you recommend a code that would probably work?

[c010depunkk]

hmmm. no, sry.

Couldn't find anything useful on google either.

[alexgeek]

here it is:

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<?php
$handle = printer_open("\\\\Experience\\hp"); 
if (printer_write($handle, "Text to print") == false) {
echo "Didn't work";
} else {
printer_close($handle);
echo "closed";
}
?>

[c010depunkk]

I've been trying this at home for about half-an-hour now and I just can't get it to work! I'll get back to you if I have any success....

[alexgeek]

thanks! I just think if this can work it will be really useful

[alexgeek]

Any news on this?

[c010depunkk]

nope, sorry. Haven't had any luck.

[simonb]

What does printer do?

[alexgeek]

Originally Posted by simonb

What does printer do?

Print things
It's an ext extension that is supposed to print copies of pages on the server.
I haven't been able to get it working.

[simonb]

Ok thanks Rep for you. I am only on 27 yeah

Ps how is the uploader going