Invoice created from website - any suggestions?

[unwashed potato!]

Looking for a way to simplify my guys with how they create and send invoices.

All our job information such as address, name, services, total, are stored on a mysql database, however they copy that to a paper invoice and give to customer, or even sometimes will also we need to make one in word and send it. Super inefficient and hoping to find a better option.

Anyone able to suggest a software that can produce an invoice from a website? I'm imagining the team could put the information across from the database by clicking some buttons, and then click another button to send/product pdf invoice.

Does such a thing exist?

 

[unwashed potato!]

There's tones of open source invoice software - or as above use invoicing software.

And you can recommend?

 

[unwashed potato!]

Is this not something where it would be easier to just use actual online invoicing software like Xero or have I misinterpreted what you need? What might be complicated initially to set up will provide all your departments with the required access to what they need from a central point.

Not quite, as the invoicing part wouldn't link to our website. It's more the fact we already have all the details for the invoice on our website, that it's super inefficient to enter it again in the invoices, and even then again onto sage.

 

[unwashed potato!]

The staff can do that from the website? Using the details stored in a mysql database transferred straight across without having to type it all again?

 

[unwashed potato!]

It's custom made and something i made myself.

 

[unwashed potato!]

Why cant you just pull the data from the db and create a pdf and let the user download it or email it to them, thats what i do.

Exactly what I'd love to do. How?