Posted by strawberry on 04/08/07 22:28

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!

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