I\'m looking for something that works in PHP and is similar to crystal reports. I basically need to have a layout setup that means I can output invoices just by inserting th
I have used the eclpse in php: "BIRT Project"
http://www.eclipse.org/birt/phoenix/
You design your report in Eclipse. Then upload it to your server (it must be running tomcat) I know. Then you can call that report from your php application you can send the parameters to the report through the query string:
/myreport.birt?param=var¶m2=var2
We have a 4 year application working like this so far. Around a 100 reports and it works really well.
Of course it is open source.
Good luck