Point of Sale (POS) Application

[eluser]salbertson[/eluser]

What integration? A text field with the focus set by javascript is all you need to read barcodes. The scanner will input the sku number in the text field.

This is the way the app works right now, and it does work. I don't know why people are so skeptic about using PHP to interface with hardware.

As for barcode label printing, don’t bother. It’s way more economical to buy a sequence of barcodes for products that don’t already have them.

Instead of sequential barcodes I am writing code to generate barcodes based on the sku number. This way the labels can be changed and reprinted as much as the user wants. The trick will be to format the label correctly to print on modern thermal printers. After I have barcodes generated then scanning at the register will be possible.