page size

[user4fun]

How can I make sure that a php page will print exactly on a standard 8.5x11 sheet of paper regardless of resolution, screen size, etc, etc.Also, I need a button that prints the document and will not show up on the hard copy.Thank you.

[Synook]

This is 8.5" x 11" ? Well, you can make the outermost container (the body even) to have CSS width:8.5in; height:11in; and make everything else in pixels.

Also, I need a button that prints the document and will not show up on the hard copy.

You can use the @media CSS rule to make the button have display:none for print.

[justsomeguy]

How can I make sure that a php page will print exactly on a standard 8.5x11 sheet of paper regardless of resolution, screen size, etc, etc.

Turn it into a PDF. PDF files were created specifically to show the exact same thing on every machine. HTML files do not do that, the way an HTML file looks is completely dependent on the client machine. There are PDF libraries that you can use for PHP.

[user4fun]

I dont know how to turn it into a pdf, The page will automatically generated based on the user request, it will have mostly html code ad some php.I am not so sure that I can create a php page and have it automatically tunred into a pdf.

[Synook]

PHP has a very comprehensive PDF library that you can do almost anything PDF-related with: http://au2.php.net/manual/en/ref.pdf.php

[user4fun]

wow, That is alot of stuff you can play with, Sweeeet.