Re: [PHP] Reports generator

2010-01-28 Thread Robert Cummings
Paul M Foster wrote: On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 10:49:17AM -0500, Robert Cummings wrote: Paul M Foster wrote: On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 01:31:30AM -0800, Allen McCabe wrote: SIDE QUESTION: What do you think of my use of serialization? I don't see a need to store duplicate information in new tab

Re: [PHP] Reports generator

2010-01-28 Thread Paul M Foster
On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 10:49:17AM -0500, Robert Cummings wrote: > Paul M Foster wrote: >> On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 01:31:30AM -0800, Allen McCabe wrote: >> >> >> >>> SIDE QUESTION: What do you think of my use of serialization? I don't see a >>> need to store duplicate information in new tables, a

Re: [PHP] Reports generator

2010-01-28 Thread Robert Cummings
Paul M Foster wrote: On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 01:31:30AM -0800, Allen McCabe wrote: SIDE QUESTION: What do you think of my use of serialization? I don't see a need to store duplicate information in new tables, and thought serializing these one shot reports the best solution. I couldn't reall

Re: [PHP] Reports generator

2010-01-28 Thread Paul M Foster
On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 01:31:30AM -0800, Allen McCabe wrote: > > SIDE QUESTION: What do you think of my use of serialization? I don't see a > need to store duplicate information in new tables, and thought serializing > these one shot reports the best solution. I couldn't really find a good re

Re: [PHP] Reports generator

2010-01-28 Thread Rene Veerman
It's Rene, not Renee :p curl is a method of fetching http pages from within php (and other languages). with parsing i meant "parse(process) a html page into (in my case) an array of "hits" found on that page". -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.p

Re: [PHP] Reports generator

2010-01-28 Thread Richard Quadling
On 26 January 2010 17:54, PEPITOVADECURT wrote: > Exists any reports generator that exports directly to html/php? Depending upon your platform, you have the option of using an external report generator and invoking it appropriately from within PHP. I'm on Windows and use Crystal Reports via PHP

Re: [PHP] Reports generator

2010-01-28 Thread Allen McCabe
Thanks Paul and Renee! Paul: I am not up to par on my SQL joins, I have to get another book this weekend; I knew that joins would be almost necessary for what I'm trying to accomplish. Iterative development, while painstaking, seems like the hands on approach I'm used to, and has proven effective

Re: [PHP] Reports generator

2010-01-27 Thread Rene Veerman
Allen, i think your primary design consideration is this; > - Need to be able to build a large variety of reports based on existing data This would lead me to jump at a 'plugin' solution. I'd make: - 1 superclass as interface to the rest of your webapp(s) - 1 "top-class" that has the

Re: [PHP] Reports generator

2010-01-27 Thread Paul M Foster
On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 08:20:21PM -0800, Allen McCabe wrote: > I actually started on a report class yesterday, and I have a few questions, > but first some details: > > - Reports will be on user orders (ticket reservations). > - Need to be able to build a large variety of reports based on existi

Re: [PHP] Reports generator

2010-01-27 Thread Allen McCabe
I actually started on a report class yesterday, and I have a few questions, but first some details: - Reports will be on user orders (ticket reservations). - Need to be able to build a large variety of reports based on existing data + Orders by a specific user + Orders for a specific product (ev

Re: [PHP] Reports generator

2010-01-27 Thread Ashley Sheridan
On Tue, 2010-01-26 at 18:54 +0100, PEPITOVADECURT wrote: > Exists any reports generator that exports directly to html/php? > > What do you want to generate reports on? I would assume this would be some sort of data from a database, and that you're looking for a PHP-based reporting tool that ca

[PHP] Reports generator

2010-01-26 Thread PEPITOVADECURT
Exists any reports generator that exports directly to html/php? -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php