Trying to complete a script that will make a pdf of the output that it pulls from mysql database.
What happens is when someone puts a model into the form (index.php) it displays data about the model in the "specs" div (getspecs.php). I need a button that'll make a pdf of everything in the "specs" div.
I've looked at verious pdf making methods, the problem is I can't figure out where to put the code in the script or the proper syntax to use.
I just need somene familiar with this to recommend a pdf making solution and where to insert the code and the proper syntax to use to provide a button that will "create a pdf". PM if you need to see a live version. I'm on a linux server.
index.php
Code:
<?php
ob_start();
?>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html>
<head>
<title>Product Specs PDF Maker - v1.0</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="styles/style.css" type="text/css">
<script type="text/javascript">
function getSpecs(str) {
if (str=="") {
document.getElementById("txtHint").innerHTML="";
return;
}
if (window.XMLHttpRequest) {
// code for IE7+, Firefox, Chrome, Opera, Safari
xmlhttp=new XMLHttpRequest();
}
else {
// code for IE6, IE5
xmlhttp=new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
}
xmlhttp.onreadystatechange=function() {
if (xmlhttp.readyState==4 && xmlhttp.status==200) {
document.getElementById("getSpecs").innerHTML=xmlhttp.responseText;
}
}
xmlhttp.open("GET","getspecs.php?model="+str,true);
xmlhttp.send();
}
</script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.3.2/jquery.min.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<div id="header">
<div id="form">
<form onsubmit="return false;">
<b>Model#:</b> <input onkeyup="getSpecs(this.value)" />
<input type="submit" value="Submit"/>
</form>
</div>
</div>
<br />
<div id="getSpecs">
<div id="info">Product info listed here.</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>
<?php
$HtmlCode= ob_get_contents();
ob_end_flush();
?>
getspecs.php
Code:
<?php
require_once("pdf/dompdf/dompdf_config.inc.php");
?>
<?php
// table row is not echoed if value is NULL
// table variable is not echoed if it is NULL
include ('link.php');
$model = str_replace(" ","",trim($_GET["model"]));
$result = mysql_query("select * from test_table where model ='$model'");
if ($row = mysql_fetch_object($result)) {
if ($row->model)
echo '<div id="menu">';
echo '</div>';
echo '<div class="clear"></div>';
echo '<div id="specs" name="specs">';
echo '<div id="model">';
echo '<span class="model">'. $row->model . '</span><br />';
echo '<span class="description">' . $row->description . '</span><br />';
echo '</div>';
// Product Specifications
echo '<div id="tables">';
// Table 1
echo '<h3>Table 1</h3><dl>';
if ($row->table1_var1)
echo '<dt>Variable 1</dt><dd>' . $row->table1_var1 . '</dd>';
if ($row->table1_var2)
echo '<dt>Variable 2</dt><dd>' . $row->table1_var2 . '</dd>';
if ($row->table1_var3)
echo '<dt>Variable 3</dt><dd>' . $row->table1_var3 . '</dd>';
if ($row->table1_var4)
echo '<dt>Variable 4</dt><dd>' . $row->table1_var4 . '</dd>';
if ($row->table1_var5)
echo '<dt>Variable 5</dt><dd>' . $row->table1_var5 . '</dd>';
echo '</dl>';
// Table 2
echo '<h3>Table 2</h3><dl>';
if ($row->table2_var1)
echo '<dt>Variable 1</dt><dd>' . $row->table2_var1 . '</dd>';
if ($row->table2_var2)
echo '<dt>Variable 2</dt><dd>' . $row->table2_var2 . '</dd>';
if ($row->table2_var3)
echo '<dt>Variable 3</dt><dd>' . $row->table2_var3 . '</dd>';
if ($row->table2_var4)
echo '<dt>Variable 4</dt><dd>' . $row->table2_var4 . '</dd>';
if ($row->table2_var5)
echo '<dt>Variable 5</dt><dd>' . $row->table2_var5 . '</dd>';
echo '</dl>';
// Table 3
echo '<h3>Table 3</h3><dl>';
if ($row->table3_var1)
echo '<dt>Variable 1</dt><dd>' . $row->table3_var1 . '</dd>';
if ($row->table3_var2)
echo '<dt>Variable 2</dt><dd>' . $row->table3_var2 . '</dd>';
if ($row->table3_var3)
echo '<dt>Variable 3</dt><dd>' . $row->table3_var3 . '</dd>';
if ($row->table3_var4)
echo '<dt>Variable 4</dt><dd>' . $row->table3_var4 . '</dd>';
if ($row->table3_var5)
echo '<dt>Variable 5</dt><dd>' . $row->table3_var5 . '</dd>';
echo '</dl>';
echo '</dl>';
echo '</div>';
echo '<div id="product_img1">';
if ($row->product_img1)
echo '<img src="/images/products/' . $row->product_img1 . '" />';
echo '</div>';
echo '<div class="clear"></div>';
echo '<div id="product_img2">';
if ($row->product_img2)
echo '<img src="/images/products/' . $row->product_img2 . '" />';
echo '</div>';
echo '<div class="clear"></div>';
echo '<div id="product_notes">';
if ($row->product_notes)
echo $row->product_notes ;
echo '</div>';
echo '<input type="submit" name="submit" id=submit" value="Create PDF" class="pdfgen" />';
echo '</form>';
echo '<div class="clear"></div>';
echo '</div>';
}
else echo '<div id="info">Product not found. <a href='.$url.'>Create new product?</a></div>';
mysql_free_result($result);
?>
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