Print a webpage using CodeIgniter

Question

I have a question,that would be the best solution to print a webpage.For example, I have a website with news,I need to print only the news and picture,and remove the menu,header and footer.I want to do this in CodeIgniter.

Answer 1

You said you want to this in CodeIgniter. I don't think you need any server side code for this. Try below suggestion.

You can use @media query.

In your default css without using external stylesheet you can do this:

@media print {
    #with_print {
        display: none;
    }
}

Hide your header, footer and menu withing @media print block

With external stylesheet add media="print" attribute to <link> tag.

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

With external stylesheet you don't need to add @media query block in your printCSS.css.

See the Demo

See the print preview from your browser and where the text says: I will be hidden when you try to print me, cannot not be seen on the print preview page.