[FX.php List] FX.php compatibility with FMS 9.0

[John May]

When I installed here, I selected the option not to install PHP, and 
it did not mess with my existing PHP install at all.  My PHP 5.2.3 
build seems to work fine with FMS9A.

	- John


>Chris,
>
>Good question.  I'd be very careful about the FileMaker install.  In 
>the beta version, the installer would overwrite any PHP install 
>already present on the system, and so there was a second "custom 
>install" version available which amounted to copying only the API 
>files.  I haven't yet tried a full install of all the parts of 
>Server 9, and I'm hesitant to mess with any of my current PHP 
>installs -- I don't have time to fix anything that goes wrong right 
>now...
>
>I suspect that the full installer will still deactivate existing PHP 
>installs.  Does anyone out there have the time and resources to test 
>this?
>
>Best,
>
>--Chris Hansen
>   FileMaker 8 Certified Developer
>   FileMaker 7 Certified Developer
>   Creator of FX.php
>   "The best way from FileMaker to the Web."
>   www.iViking.org
>
>
>On Jul 11, 2007, at 12:34 PM, Chris Bisgard wrote:
>
>>Looking at that PHP publishing page
>>(http://www.filemaker.com/products/fms/php.html), I noted the
>>following:
>>
>>"FileMaker Server installs what you need to use PHP including the PHP
>>engine..."
>>
>>The "including the PHP engine" part has me a little nervous... is this
>>going to interfere with my existing PHP module for Windows IIS? Will
>>it overwrite my PHP.ini file? Should I just remove PHP completely and
>>let FMS9 "reinstall" it for me?
>>
>>I'm not enough of a seasoned sysadmin to know if I should be worried.
>>I'm basically the developer/database manager. I knew enough to just
>>get PHP installed and configured in the most basic way, and then use
>>FX.php to start writing scripts. If the setup gets messed up I'm lost.
>>
>>Chris Bisgard
>>
>>
>>
>>On 7/10/07, Andrew Denman <adenman at tmea.org> wrote:
>>>Not only can the regular server version serve via CWP, it comes with a 'site
>>>assistant' to build quick-n-easy pages using the PHP API:
>>>http://www.filemaker.com/products/fms/php.html
>>>
>>>They have really done a lot to promote the use of FileMaker on the web with
>>>this version.  I can't wait to start playing with all the new features :)
>>>
>>>Andrew Denman
>>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: fx.php_list-bounces at mail.iviking.org
>>>[mailto:fx.php_list-bounces at mail.iviking.org] On Behalf Of Chris Hansen
>>>Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2007 11:07 AM
>>>To: FX.php Discussion List
>>>Subject: Re: [FX.php List] FX.php compatibility with FMS 9.0
>>>
>>>John,
>>>
>>>I'll be testing the release version today to be sure, but FX.php
>>>should work just fine with FileMaker 9.  Basically, FX.php uses a
>>>very common FileMaker XML schema to communicate with FMS.  Were FMI
>>>to remove this schema, they would not only break FX.php, but a large
>>>number of XML solutions out there.  The FileMaker folks made it clear
>>>at DevCon last year that the FileMaker API for PHP and FX.php not
>>>only work on the same server, but even on the same page.
>>>
>>>Also, note that CWP now works with FMS _not_ just FMSA.  Woot!
>>>Granted, I'd still like to see a web only server for even less (for
>>>use by ISPs, and people like myself who don't need those FM client
>>>connections), but it now costs $1500 less to use FM as a Web back end.
>>>
>>>HTH
>>>
>>>--Chris Hansen
>>>   FileMaker 8 Certified Developer
>>>   FileMaker 7 Certified Developer
>>>   Creator of FX.php
>>>   "The best way from FileMaker to the Web."
>>>   www.iViking.org
>>>
>>>
>>>On Jul 10, 2007, at 8:31 AM, John Lannon wrote:
>>>
>>>>  I'm sure I'll be the 50th person to post this question this
>>>>  morning. I'm sure Chris will know the answer:
>>>>
>>>>  Will FX.php continue to work with the Server 9.0 line. It appears
>>>>  as if the non-Advanced Server version ships with the PHP API out of
>>>>  the box, which is great, but will we be able to continue to use
>>>>  FX.php?
>>>>
>>>>  Thanks a lot,
>>>>  John Lannon
>>>>
>>>  > Anvil Automation

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