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Posted by Blagovast on 04/09/07 12:32
strawberry wrote:
> On Apr 8, 10:56 am, Blagovast <b...@ovast.com> wrote:
>> J.O. Aho wrote:
>>> Blagovest wrote:
>>>> Hi.
>>>> I'm looking for a MySQL data extraction > PDF tool. Free would be great,
>>>> but cheap would also be acceptable. I'm a webmaster rather than a DB
>>>> expert, so please be easy with me - I googled and found lots of stuff,
>>>> but it was over my head!
>>> http://www.fpdf.org/
>>> As each database is designed differently there aren't any general code that
>>> will take the database and push it into a pdf, you need to make your own
>>> little script to fetch the data you need.
>>> --- codeless example ---
>>> /* connect to server and select database */
>>> /* query the data you want and then fetch row by row */
>>> while($row=mysql_fetch_array($resource)) {
>>> /* push the data into the pdf */
>>> }
>>> /* eject the pdf, don't forget to send some header() */
>>> --- eof ---
>> Very good, thanks. BUT, is there a program out there that'll help "dummies".
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Blago
>
>
> Trust me, I'm a dummy. :-)
>
> FPDF really is worth investigating. There's lots of scripts available
> on the website, and many of them have good explanations. With a book
> for dummies in one hand and the mouse in the other you shouldn't go
> too far wrong - but don't sue me!
Cheers! Sounds like I might have a chance with that then.
Blago
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