Re: [PHP-WIN] What about php 5.3 and printers or PHP_PRINTER.DLL ?

hi,

On Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 6:43 PM, Robert <[email protected]> wrote:

> Is still possible to print from php scripts directly to server's attached
> printers?
> (here it is php for windows, so this question is intended as to print on a
> windows server WAMP)
>
> Thank you for any update.
>
> A related curiosity is about PHP_PRINTER.DLL. Has that dll been abandoned?
>
> Mr. Pierre Joye is publishing one intended (seems) to fit on php 5.2.8
> http://downloads.php.net/pierre/

Pierre works too ;)

> but using it with last apache makes that extension to not be loaded (checked
> on apache error log). So playing with search engines i've found (looks like)
> that the higher php version usable with php_printer.dll is
>
> PHP 5.2.8 with pecl for PHP 5.2.6
> http://us2.php.net/get/pecl-5.2.6-Win32.zip/from/a/mirror
>
> it does work, already verified.

It should work with 5.2.6 and later.

> Yes, cool! ... But the behaviour is that this does not allow me to upgrade
> MySQL. (* see at bottom)

> "Your PHP MySQL library version 5.0.51a differs from your MySQL server
> version 5.1.xx. This may cause unpredictable behavior"

It should work just fine.

> Thank you for any help or tip on how to upgrade PHP and still be able to
> print directly to server's attached printers from php scripts.

Do you need printer for 5.3? I did not try to compile it lately but it
should be possible.

Cheers,
-- 
Pierre

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