printing mailing label without blank line

firestar_lene · 05-10-2004, 10:07 AM

i have a problem.i want to print mailing label using pdf.

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$pdf->Add_PDF_Label(sprintf("%s\n%s\n%s\n%s\n%s %s\n%s %s", "".ucwords($realname)."", "".ucwords($address1)."", "".ucwords($address2)."", "".ucwords($address3)."", "$postcode", "".ucwords($city)."", "".ucwords($state)."", "".strtoupper($country).""));

if one the data is empty,i dont want to leave a blank like,like as below:

name
address1

address3

assume there is no data for address2,it will leave a blank space there.i dont want this to happen.i want to put something like this as below:

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        $pdf->Add_PDF_Label(sprintf("%s if(!empty($address1))\n%s if(!empty($address2)){\n%s}if(!empty($address3)){\n%s}if(!empty($postcode) or !empty($city)){\n%s %s}if(!empty($state) or !empty($country)){\n%s %s}", "".ucwords($realname)."", "".ucwords($address1)."", "".ucwords($address2)."", "".ucwords($address3)."", "$postcode", "".ucwords($city)."", "".ucwords($state)."", "".strtoupper($country).""));

but it display error when i put the condition(if statement) inside the sprintf..how to put the condition inside?

sad69 · 05-11-2004, 12:09 AM

I don't know much about sprintf.. but looking briefly at php.net, it looks like it just returns a string. So I'm wondering if you even need to use sprintf and if you can just create a string and pass it to Add_PDF_Label:

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$pdf_label = "";

if(!empty($realname))

 $pdf_label .= "".ucwords($realname)."\n";

if(!empty($address1))

 $pdf_label .= "".ucwords($address1)."\n";

if(!empty($address2))

 $pdf_label .= "".ucwords($address2)."\n";

if(!empty($address3))

 $pdf_label .= "".ucwords($address3)."\n";

if(!empty($postcode) || !empty($city))

 $pdf_label .= "$postcode ".ucwords($city)."\n"

if(!empty($state) || !empty($country))

 $pdf_label .= "".ucwords($state)." ".strtoupper($country)."";  

  

$pdf->Add_PDF_Label($pdf_label);

That should do it... let me know how that works out for you.

Sadiq.

TheWhiteSeal · 05-13-2008, 12:29 PM

On the subject of printing mailing labels labels I would have to admit that I never really had much luck with my label printer. I spent all my time messing around with the printer and it still never printed any decent looking labels. In the end I decided to give up on the whole DIY approach and I found a british labels company to print my mailing labels, they saved me so much hassle.