Do PHP printer functions work on a live server?

I 开发者_开发技巧used printer functions in PHP to print data. It works on my local development server (localhost), but it is not working in a live environment. Is it possible to use the PHP printer functions on a live web server?

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Check to make sure that if you are using short tags eg <?=...?>, then you should allow short tags on public server also. This is mostly the case we do not consider.