Hi, I'm developing a web application with php and mysql, actually I'm in the part of the reports, and my question is:

What is the best way to create reports in a web application? created from scratch or using an 3rd party generator? What is the best choice for the performance of the application?


best regards

Surely, if you seek true performance, you should write it from scratch. Everyone, feel free to contradict me

If you find a 3rd party solution that fits your needs, then use it. Even more if you have a tight deadline.

If 3rd party scripts don't do what you want, then you have to develop it yourself. Sometimes it is easier to start from scratch then to wade through someone else's spaghetti code.

The performance of the script always depends on the quality of the code. The term "3rd party" is not a quality indication.

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Depends on how specific your needs are. I am developing an application which need some overviews no one ever heard of. Quite a bit beyond "monthly sales per department"

I choose to write my own reports. Took a lot of time, especially the presentation with CSS and browser incompatibility heel. But they are quite functional. I also wrote some tex file generators so reports can be downloaded in PDF. Even if something for PDF output in PHP existed. I found that usually there is just that header, or that one table that you cannot find in the standard solutions.

jlinkels