Free reporting library for PHP without installation?

Question

Is there a good (and hopefully free?) source library to use for PHP for creating and displaying reports? I would love one that would allow the user to view it in a nice format for saving and printing (like PDF?).

Also I would prefer one that is just files, not one that needs to be installed on the server itself as some of the people I create sites for are on shared server hosts.

Answer 1

Here is a pdf generating library for PHP http://www.fpdf.org/ .

Answer 2

I have looked at a few in the past, here is 2 that I recall (and was able to search for quick):

• http://www.hkvstore.com/phpreportmaker/
• http://sourceforge.net/projects/repgen/

PHP Reportmaker is pretty good. Not sure if it fits the bill of what you want tho. Examples are here: http://www.hkvstore.com/phpreportmaker/features.asp

Answer 3

FPDF combined with PHPMyGraph for creating bars etc.: http://phpmygraph.abisvmm.nl/

Answer 4

Don't know if you would call this reporting but I have found these gems over the years:

• http://pchart.sourceforge.net/
• http://devzone.zend.com/article/4044-Dynamically-Generating-PDF-Files-with-PHP-and-Haru-
• http://phppowerpoint.codeplex.com/
• http://phpexcel.codeplex.com/
• http://sourceforge.net/projects/phprtf/
• http://www.phpconcept.net/pclzip/index.en.php
• http://www.maani.us/charts4/
• http://sourceforge.net/projects/tcpdf/
• http://code.google.com/p/ofcgwt/w/list
• http://sourceforge.net/projects/phpreports/ <-- Just found this

Answer 5

You can also check ReportsMaestro - web-based report/chart builder. Comes with full source code (PHP/ASP). Supports MySQL, Oracle, SQL Server, MS Access, SQLite, Firebird and POstgre.