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Posted by dnfertitta on 05/13/07 16:42
On May 11, 10:11 pm, Jerry Stuckle <jstuck...@attglobal.net> wrote:
> dnferti...@yahoo.com wrote:
> > This is my task and I'd like some direction please:
>
> > 1. Print company that houses user PDF files
>
> echo $companyName;
>
> But not knowing where the company name is stored maxes further
> discussion impossible.
>
> > 2. User logs in and is brought to his own area
>
> No biggie - keep user id and password where you can access it, and save
> appropriate info in the session.
>
> > 3. Dynamic customer inventory page is displayed based on PDF files in
> > a home directory (It would be nice if the MetaTag in a PDF file could
> > be used here)
>
> PDF metatags don't normally contain this information. And it's very
> difficult to parse a PDF file for this info if you don't have the exact
> format of the PDF in the first place. XML is the typical way to go here.
>
> > 4. Inventory page is also "order" page that allows for the ordering of
> > cases of printed items
>
> No problem - if you can get the inventory.
>
> > 5. Each inventory item will have a place for entering a number of
> > cases to be ordered
>
> Easy enough.
>
> > 6. Order is submitted and emailed to owner of company who inputs
> > manually into billing system
>
> No real problem - although automatically entering it would be better.
>
>
>
> > Please point me in the right direction,
>
> > Derrick
>
> Way too broad to cover in a newsgroup. You need to at least get the
> basic design down. Or pay someone to do it for you.
>
> --
> ==================
> Remove the "x" from my email address
> Jerry Stuckle
> JDS Computer Training Corp.
> jstuck...@attglobal.net
> ==================
Thank you for the replies.
I am COMPLETELY new to php.
I was giving a broad overview of my task and asking for direction
because I need a starting point. I don't even know how to search
properly because I don't know the php jargon to use as keywords.
I have a little more to go on now - thanks to you guys.
Derrick
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