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Asked: 2026-05-26T11:00:25+00:00

Using PHP to print a variable in the footer of my HTML pages (before

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Using PHP to print a variable in the footer of my HTML pages (before inserting a print page-break,) I attempted to use this solution. Essentially, I am wrapping the printed php variable in a <div> set to @media print and giving it position:fixed; bottom:0;.

However, the variable overlaps every echoed instance of itself on every page printed. Is there a way to print a dynamic variable to the footer using this method that only shows the current page’s variable’s value?

Example code:

    <html>
    <head>
<style type="text/css">
.break { 
    page-break-after: always;
    width:0px;
    height:0px;
}

    @media screen {
        div.divFooter {
            display: none;
        }
    }
    @media print {
        div.divFooter {
            position: fixed;
            bottom: 0;
        }
    }
    </style>
    </head>
    <body>

<?php

$footer = ''; //footer is a dynamic variable whose value is set within a loop that also sets page breaks.
echo '<div class="divFooter">'.$footer.'</div>';
echo '<div class="break"></div>';

?>
    </body>
    </html>
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  1. Editorial Team

    My original question is if using CSS’s position: fixed; display:none; bottom:0; for the $footer’s print style is a feasible solution if $footer is dynamic page-to-page. My solution was to forgo the @media print style and just output my footer at the bottom of the generated output for every printed page, essentially: 

        .footer {
        float:right;
    }

    <?php

    $page++;
    $break = 1;

    if ($break == 1){
        echo '<div class="footer">'.$footer.'</div>';
        $break = 0;
        echo '<hr class="break" />';
    }
    ?>
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