Printing a webpage using PHP or jQuery

Question

Hi, I have a webpage with header footer and all. when i print that page , i need to print with custom header and footer and specific page size also.. what all should i take into effect for this..

which one is better. by using php or using jquery plugins. i want more control on page layout

Answer 1

you should use CSS maybe, and a special stylesheet for printable versions :

<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" media="print" href="print.css" />

Answer 2

If you have your data using PHP from a DB you can use FPDF