[FX.php List] FileMaker 7/8 and PHP WITHOUT FX.php?

Steve Hannah shannah at sfu.ca
Fri Dec 2 01:35:21 MST 2005


I would say that the ball is in his court if he is interested in  
using XML but doesn't want to use FX.  Any solution that he derives  
to get Filemaker data into PHP using XML will basically constitute a  
rewrite of FX - since that is what FX does.


On 1-Dec-05, at 5:29 PM, Elleni B Fellows wrote:

> So, I work in an environment that has both FileMaker lovers and  
> haters. I had hoped our web developers would work with us and our  
> FM databases to get them on the web with php. They currently use  
> lots of php with MySQL. Today the lead developer told me he doesn't  
> really want to use FX.php and wants us to find a way to use the XML  
> out of FileMaker without the FX library. Don't ask me what his deal  
> is... I come from the old CDML school of FM on the web and am just  
> starting to get interested in using php instead. I had hoped we  
> FileMaker folks could use FXForge to create to basics of our sites  
> and get the "web team" folks to help dress them up later. Anyway, I  
> need to meet with him next week and explain why I want to use FM  
> and FXphp for our solutions. My answer right now would be because  
> that's what most of the FM community is using! But I don't think  
> that will be enough for him.
>
> Thanks for any advice!
>
> Elleni
>
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