Posted by simulacrakisma on 02/15/07 18:36

Hi everyone,

Thanks in advance for reading this.

I'm not a novice, but I'm not a PHP pro, either, nor a programming
expert of any kind, so I'm kind of trying to find a solution that
works for a job that I'm working on.

I have this client that wants to be able to control their web and
retail inventory from one place (I mean, it's the same inventory).
That would require being able to have the "registers" be able to scan
bar coded items and remove them from the database once they are sold.
I've found lots of different scanners, which is fortunate; however,
I'm not sure how I would receive input from a USB/serial/etc barcode
scanner in a PHP web application. Any help? Even a link to a tutorial
or article on the topic would help. Google is turning up very little
except lots of products and software packages and I really would
rather do this myself (unless there's a somewhat professional option
out there that doesn't look like cat poo).

Thanks!

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