Print file on a local printer using PHP with pop up printer window?

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i want to print file which contain in $file variable on a local printer. I want a pop up window just like Java Script window.print(). My question is that how i can do the same job using PHP only? here is a solution but it does not show pop up window.

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered May 14 '20 at 01:33

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As PHP runs on the host server only, there is no way to interact with the user using a popup window after the page loads as Javascript can. The easiest way would be to have PHP echo the Javascript commands.

answered May 14 '20 at 01:33

Daniel H

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can you explain it ? – Jamshid Ali May 14 '20 at 02:14
This may be helpful - https://stackoverflow.com/questions/11228280/print-txt-file-using-javascript – Daniel H May 15 '20 at 04:19

Print file on a local printer using PHP with pop up printer window?

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