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Writing a report in a PHP web application

I have been developing business applications, mainly CRUD, in ASP.Net for many years now and I am interested in learning a different language and platform.

After several trips to Borders and digging around the web, I haven't found much experience with PHP reporting. I can at least imagine how to create Excel spreadsheet files, but have not found links to create professional looking reports that can be printed or saved, preferably as PDF files. These reports will include things like commercial invoices, inventory reports, etc.

The quality of reports is one of the main criteria that my clients use when assessing the quality of an application. ASP.NET covers this pretty well with its own report controls, plus Telerik, Crystal Reports, etc.

Can anyone provide some information on how reports are generated in a PHP web application? Third party controls, books with good chapters, web articles, etc. Will be welcome.

Thanks a lot Mike Thomas

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It looks like ASP.NET might be the best tool for the job, especially if you already know and use the tools involved.

Why not find something new for a new language? So you can do two things and you know (some) 2 languages ​​instead of knowing 1 thing in two languages.



However, if you want to go with PHP for reporting, fpdf will give you PDF output from PHP.

http://www.fpdf.org/

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Thanks a lot benlumley. I'll check fpdf a little closer. At the end of the day, if I can't make a presentable report, I would probably run into a major problem somewhere in the queue.



Mike Thomas

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Check out ezpdf . I use it for all my PDF needs, although I don't do reports like what you mean. I think the ezpdf used with the GD library for generating graphics for charts should get everything you need.

However, it can be a long way if the ASP tools are easy to use.

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You can use ClipPDF and generate PDF and Excel reports, check this http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/12/10/pdf_excel_reports_with_php/

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You should also check out the eZ Components library for generating graphs and charts.

http://www.ezcomponents.org/

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