Multiple Barcode Generator in PHP

Multiple Barcode Generator in PHP, in this coding article we create a Barcode generator which you can use for your invoicing system for E-Commerce websites.

Barcode: Barcode is a machine-readable code, it can be horizontal or vertical in shape. Barcode contains information about your product SKU, price, manufacturing date, and expiry date.

For creating Barcode Generator we use Barcode Library and some of our own PHP code.

Properties of Barcode

Different format Of Barcode

Codabar
Code39
Code25
Code128 (Default)

Different orientation for display Barcode

Horizontal (Default)
Vertical

Different size for Barcode

10
20 (Default)
400

Barcode Generator Library

I included the same library file on the below complete source code download link.

Library URL: https://github.com/davidscotttufts/php-barcode/

3 Steps to Creating Barcode Generator using PHP

Here are 3 steps to How to create Barcode Generator using PHP,

Create some HTML text box for user input.
Include PHP Barcode Library.
Create PHP file which generate Barcode (Image Type).

Step-1

barcode.html

<html>
	<head>
		<title>Generate Barcode Using PHP</title>
	</head>
	<body>
	<h2>Generate Barcode Using PHP</h2>
	<form method="post" action="generate_barcode.php">
		Name:<br>
		<input type="text" name="barcode_text"><br><br>
		Mfg. Date:<br>
		<input type="date" name="mfgDate">
		<br><br>
		<input type="submit" name="generate_barcode" value="GENERATE">
	</form>
	</body>
</html>

<html>

<head>

<title>Generate Barcode Using PHP</title>

</head>

<body>

<h2>Generate Barcode Using PHP</h2>

Name:<br>

Mfg. Date:<br>

</form>

</body>

</html>

Step-2

Include barcode library, barcode.php

https://github.com/davidscotttufts/php-barcode/blob/master/barcode.php

Step-3

generate_barcode.php

<?php
if(isset($_POST['generate_barcode']))
{
 $text = $_POST['barcode_text'];
 $mfgdate = $_POST['mfgDate'];
 echo "Name: <img alt='".$text."' src='barcode.php?codetype=Code39&size=20&text=".$text."&print=true'/>";
 echo "<br>";
 echo "Mfg Date: <img alt='".$mfgdate."' src='barcode.php?codetype=Code39&size=20&text=".$mfgdate."&print=true'/>";
}
?>

<?php

if(isset($_POST['generate_barcode']))

{

$text = $_POST['barcode_text'];

$mfgdate = $_POST['mfgDate'];

echo "Name: <img alt='".$text."' src='barcode.php?codetype=Code39&size=20&text=".$text."&print=true'/>";

echo "<br>";

echo "Mfg Date: <img alt='".$mfgdate."' src='barcode.php?codetype=Code39&size=20&text=".$mfgdate."&print=true'/>";

}

Here are some important parameters which we use to modify the design of the Barcode.

Parameters:

Text: “0” (Default)
Size: “20” (Default)
Code Type: “Code128” (Default)
Orientation: “Horizontal” (Default)

Here is the output:

Output of Multiple Barcode Generator in PHP

Here is the complete working Source code of Multiple Barcode Generator Using PHP.

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Multiple Barcode Generator in PHP

Properties of Barcode

Different format Of Barcode

Different orientation for display Barcode

Different size for Barcode

Barcode Generator Library

3 Steps to Creating Barcode Generator using PHP

Step-1

Step-2

Step-3

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