Harvey take a look at http://reports.zoho.com/login/login.jsp.

SAAS solution, free to get started, maybe this will work since you want your
client to have a self serve system.

Adi

On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 6:24 AM, Harvey Kane <[email protected]> wrote:

>  OK, looking at the demo vid this looks just like what I'm after - thanks
> for the heads up, I hadn't seen this in my own searching. I'll have a go at
> installing shortly and try to get some reports out of it. If this doesn't
> work out I'll look at some of the other suggestions.
>
> The key for me is the interface for creating the reports - the client
> doesn't want to have to chase me to get small changes done, and I don't want
> to be chased for small changes either. Writing my own reports in HTML and
> converting to PDF is something I'd rather avoid.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Harvey.
>
>
> On 16/06/2010 12:17 p.m., Dick Vlaanderen wrote:
>
> Hi
>
> I have used the BIRT report generator for some complex reporting. It is
> very powerful. It is java based but integrates well with PHP.
>
> Dick
>
>  On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 12:12 PM, php&delphi <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I did this, you can create base html page for report page, then use
>> html2pdf to make PDF, or by a google pdf generator project (I can not
>> remember the name, you can do google for it, like: whk****.exe), and
>> also you can do excel export easily by this way.
>>
>> Hope it is useful for you.
>>
>>
>> Jin
>>
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>> Platinum safety Ltd
>>
>> On Jun 16, 12:00 pm, Harvey Kane <[email protected]> wrote:
>> > Can anyone recommend a good report-writing package for PHP/MySQL?
>> >
>> > My client needs to replace generate reports from a reasonably
>> > straightforward MySQL database structure. They want a bit of control
>> > over the data that is included, a nice interface, and a nicely presented
>> > PDF report that can be cutomised without too much drama (to get the
>> > presentation looking just so).
>> >
>> > Their needs are probably a bit complex for a custom-written package, and
>> > I'm sure there must be something suitable off the shelf out there.
>> >
>> > Any pointers appreciated, thanks.
>> >
>> > Harvey.
>> >
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