Need help in generating barcode

[newphpcoder]

Hi,Good day!I found a sample code in generating barcode.here's the link:http://www.brandonchecketts.com/archives/quick-php-script-to-generate-a-barcodeand this is the code:

<?php$number = isset($_GET['number']) ? $_GET['number'] : '';$barcode_font = dirname(__FILE__).'/fonts/FREE3OF9.TTF';$plain_font   = dirname(__FILE__).'/fonts/plain.pfb';$width = 200;$height = 80;$img = imagecreate($width, $height);// First call to imagecolorallocate is the background color$white = imagecolorallocate($img, 255, 255, 255);$black = imagecolorallocate($img, 0, 0, 0);// Reference for the imagettftext() function// imagettftext($img, $fontsize, $angle, $xpos, $ypos, $color, $fontfile, $text);imagettftext($img, 36, 0, 10, 50, $black, $barcode_font, $number);imagettftext($img, 14, 0, 40, 70, $black, $plain_font, $number);header('Content-type: image/png');imagepng($img);imagedestroy($img);?>

fisrt i got an error at because I don't have plain.pfb, i don't know where i can download that font. and when I tried to change it to pala.tff and I run the code the error was gone bt the output is blank.I need to create a barcode. It's my first time to create a barcode using php.Any help is highly appreciated.Thank you so much.

[newphpcoder]

Hi... I saw this thread I tried this code:

<?php $bc = new barCode();$bc->build('LO130319001'); class barCode{    public $bcHeight, $bcThinWidth, $bcThickWidth, $bcFontSize, $mode;       function __construct($mode='gif', $height=25, $thin=1, $thick=2, $fSize=1)    {	    $this->bcHeight = $height;	    $this->bcThinWidth = $thin;	    $this->bcThickWidth = $this->bcThinWidth * $thick;	    $this->fontSize = $fSize;	    $this->mode = $mode;	    $this->outMode = array('gif'=>'gif', 'png'=>'png', 'jpeg'=>'jpeg', 'wbmp'=>'vnd.wap.wbmp');	    $this->codeMap = array(		    '0'=>'000110100',    '1'=>'100100001',    '2'=>'001100001',    '3'=>'101100000',		    '4'=>'000110001',    '5'=>'100110000',    '6'=>'001110000',    '7'=>'000100101',   		    '8'=>'100100100',    '9'=>'001100100',    'A'=>'100001001',    'B'=>'001001001',		    'C'=>'101001000',    'D'=>'000011001',    'E'=>'100011000',    'F'=>'001011000',		    'G'=>'000001101',    'H'=>'100001100',    'I'=>'001001100',    'J'=>'000011100',		    'K'=>'100000011',    'L'=>'001000011',    'M'=>'101000010',    'N'=>'000010011',		    'O'=>'100010010',    'P'=>'001010010',    'Q'=>'000000111',    'R'=>'100000110',		    'S'=>'001000110',    'T'=>'000010110',    'U'=>'110000001',    'V'=>'011000001',		    'W'=>'111000000',    'X'=>'010010001',    'Y'=>'110010000',    'Z'=>'011010000',		    ' '=>'011000100',    '$'=>'010101000',    '%'=>'000101010',    '*'=>'010010100',		    '+'=>'010001010',    '-'=>'010000101',    '.'=>'110000100',    '/'=>'010100010'		    );	       }       public function build($text='', $showText=false, $fileName=null)    {	    if (trim($text) <= ' ')		    throw new exception('barCode::build - must be passed text to operate');	    if (!$fileType = $this->outMode[$this->mode])		    throw new exception("barCode::build - unrecognized output format ({$this->mode})");	    if (!function_exists("image{$this->mode}"))		    throw new exception("barCode::build - unsupported output format ({$this->mode} - check phpinfo)");	   	    $text  =  strtoupper($text);	    $dispText = "* $text *";	    $text = "*$text*"; // adds start and stop chars	    $textLen  =  strlen($text);	    $barcodeWidth  =  $textLen * (7 * $this->bcThinWidth + 3 * $this->bcThickWidth) - $this->bcThinWidth;	    $im = imagecreate($barcodeWidth, $this->bcHeight);	    $black = imagecolorallocate($im, 0, 0, 0);	    $white = imagecolorallocate($im, 255, 255, 255);	    imagefill($im, 0, 0, $white);	   	    $xpos = 0;	    for ($idx=0; $idx<$textLen; $idx++)	    {		    if (!$char = $text[$idx]) $char = '-';		    for ($ptr=0; $ptr<=8; $ptr++)		    {			    $elementWidth = ($this->codeMap[$char][$ptr]) ? $this->bcThickWidth : $this->bcThinWidth;			    if (($ptr + 1) % 2)				    imagefilledrectangle($im, $xpos, 0, $xpos + $elementWidth-1, $this->bcHeight, $black);			    $xpos += $elementWidth;		    }		    $xpos += $this->bcThinWidth;	    }    		    if ($showText)	    {		    $pxWid = imagefontwidth($this->fontSize) * strlen($dispText) + 10;		    $pxHt = imagefontheight($this->fontSize) + 2;		    $bigCenter = $barcodeWidth / 2;		    $textCenter = $pxWid / 2;		    imagefilledrectangle($im, $bigCenter - $textCenter, $this->bcHeight - $pxHt, $bigCenter + $textCenter, $this->bcHeight, $white);		    imagestring($im, $this->fontSize, ($bigCenter - $textCenter) + 5, ($this->bcHeight - $pxHt) + 1, $dispText, $black);	    } 	    if (!$fileName) header("Content-type:  image/{$fileType}");	    switch($this->mode)	    {		    case 'gif': imagegif($im, $fileName);		    case 'png': imagepng($im, $fileName);		    case 'jpeg': imagejpeg($im, $fileName);		    case 'wbmp': imagewbmp($im, $fileName);	    } 	    imagedestroy($im);		    }} ?> 

as you can see $bc->build('LO130319001'); but when I tried to scan the barcode the output become LO13-319—1 the 0 become – before this is my code:

$sql = "SELECT r.lot_number, m.mat_code, m.description FROM wms_receiving AS r LEFT JOIN bom_material AS m ON r.uid_mat = m.uid_mat WHERE r.rm_id = " . $_SESSION["rm_id"];		    $res = mysql_query($sql); 		    $row = mysql_fetch_assoc($res);		   		    $labelprint = "<table>";		    $labelprint .= "<tr><td><strong> Lot # : </strong></td><td> $row[lot_number] </td></tr>";		 //   $labelprint .= "<tr><td><strong> Stock Item : </strong></td><td> $row[mat_code] </td></tr><tr><td><strong> Stock Desc. : </strong></td><td> $row[description] </td></tr>";		 $description_to_print =htmlspecialchars($row[description], ENT_QUOTES);		 $labelprint .= "<tr><td><strong> Stock Item : </strong></td><td> $row[mat_code] </td></tr><tr><td><strong> Stock Desc. : </strong></td><td> $description_to_print</td></tr>";				    $labelprint .= "</table>";		    unset($_POST);

Now I need to put the Lot number into barcode. How can I used the above code in generating barcode. Thank you so much

[newphpcoder]

Hi,I resolved my first problem which is 0 become -. I just exchange the value of 0 and -.Now my problem is how can I put the lot_number value from my database to barcode value which handled by $text. I mean no need to declare to : $bc->build('LO130319001'); manually.I just get the lotnumber value to:$_SESSION["rm_id"] = mysql_insert_id(); $sql = "SELECT r.lot_number, m.mat_code, m.description FROM wms_receiving AS r LEFT JOIN bom_material AS m ON r.uid_mat = m.uid_mat WHERE r.rm_id = " . $_SESSION["rm_id"]; $res = mysql_query($sql); $row = mysql_fetch_assoc($res);$lot_number = $row['lot_number'];Thank you so much

[justsomeguy]

You still need to use the build method, I'm not sure what your question is though. If you have the text for the barcode in a variable then just pass that to build.