Sending a fax from a web page

[Voodoo Jai]

I have a web site that I would like to be able to send an order by fax to a third party (without web access) from my web site. What would I need to do and how do I find out more info, can this be easily intergrated into my existing web site.

 

Thanks a lot

VoodooJai

[ronnie88]

if your running php on a nix box using w/ a fax or modem u can use HylaFax http://www.hylafax.org/content/Main_Page free btw

and use this script:

// Create a temp file to store the message in
$tmpfname = tempnam ("/tmp", "FOO");

$fp = fopen($tmpfname, "w");
fwrite($fp, $this->message);
fclose($fp);

// Call Sendfax:
// Note the "0,," hack to get an outside line
$command = "/usr/local/bin/sendfax -n -d \"0,,".$phone_number."\" -f \"From Name, Number\" $tmpfname";

exec($command);

unlink($tmpfname);

 

if you dont wanna go that way:

 

you can use a service.

 

such as:

http://www.interfax.net/en/dev/webservice/

[Voodoo Jai]

Would the hosting server have to have a fax modem for this to happen or is the subscribe to a service the way to go about it easier.

 

Thanks again for all the help I have had.

 

VoodooJai

[Voodoo Jai]

My web server hosting does not support the sending of faxes directly.

 

So could the order be emailed to me and a fax sent from my pc through my fax machine. If so how would I take the email and fax the order to the third party.

 

Complicated walk around.