Open source PHP reporting tool

php reporting
taras picture taras · May 28, 2009 · Viewed 51.6k times · Source

I am developing web based application, i need php reporting lib/class to make the job easy. I need PDF/Excel format. The report based on related db tables(member bills, member info) Is there any advanced open source solution ?

Thanks

Answer

Kris Erickson picture Kris Erickson · May 28, 2009

There are tons of reporting libraries, most of which create Xml or Csv. You would have to give more data about what kind of reporting you need for a recommendation. I haven't used PHPExcel yet, but it is the first attempt I have seen to actually create Excel documents rather than creating CSV's that will load in Excel. PDF creation is built into PHP with the PDF functions, and is fairly easy to do.

Related questions

php reporting tools

I have been developing with PHP for over ten years (since PHP version 3) and have used many different programming languages. But I have never seen any PHP reporting tools. I am looking for something similar to Jasper Reports Crystal Reports …

Read More
How do I check if a string contains a specific word?

Consider: $a = 'How are you?'; if ($a contains 'are') echo 'true'; Suppose I have the code above, what is the correct way to write the statement if ($a contains 'are')?

Read More
Get the full URL in PHP

I use this code to get the full URL: $actual_link = 'http://'.$_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'].$_SERVER['PHP_SELF']; The problem is that I use some masks in my .htaccess, so what we see in the URL is not always …

Read More