[FX.php List] New to FX: A few basic questions

Thu Apr 5 00:09:33 MDT 2007

I have worked with extensively with PHP session variables. Are you  
talking about PHP sessions and FMP sessions?

On Apr 4, 2007, at 7:31 PM, Bob Patin wrote:

> I second others' advice not to use scripts if at all possible with  
> PHP. So far I've been able to do some fairly complex things with  
> PHP without any scripting; between the wealth of PHP scripts and  
> functions available on the web, and PHP's flexibility when compared  
> to CDML or Lasso, I think you'll quickly find it to be much easier  
> to work with.
>
> Look into session variables; they're immensely valuable and very  
> easy to use; not having to deal with tokens as I did with CDML was  
> such a relief!
>
> Have fun!
>
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> On Apr 4, 2007, at 8:11 PM, Vision Computer Consulting wrote:
>
>> Thank you Kevin and Alex for your help.
>>
>> Here is a link to FM error codes,
>> http://www.briandunning.com/error-codes/?source=FileMaker
>>
>> Stephen Calia
>> Vision Computer Consulting
>> info at visioncomputerconsulting.com
>>
>>
>> On Apr 4, 2007, at 5:49 PM, Kevin Futter wrote:
>>
>>> On 5/4/07 10:09 AM, "Alex Gates" <alex at gandrpublishing.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Stephen-
>>>>
>>>> I can only help with one of your questions as I'm relatively new  
>>>> to this
>>>> as well.
>>>>
>>>> The answer to 1 is yes.  The field that you are retrieving data  
>>>> from has
>>>> to be on the layout you specify.
>>>>
>>>> Sorry I can't help with anything else -
>>>>
>>>> Alex
>>>>
>>>> Vision Computer Consulting wrote:
>>>>> 1. I was a lasso programmer who has been doing PHP/MySQL for  
>>>>> the last 4
>>>>> years, but I remember that we created a layout that had all  
>>>>> fields on it
>>>>> to make them accessible to lasso. What I have noticed is that,  
>>>>> unless
>>>>> the related field is on the layout you are accessing, data in  
>>>>> that field
>>>>> can't be retrieved. I know that in recent versions of Filemaker  
>>>>> one can
>>>>> grab data from many layers of related layouts.
>>>>>
>>>>> That is a long way of asking whether the field you are  
>>>>> retrieving data
>>>>> from has to be on the layout you specify in SetDBData?
>>>>>
>>>>> 2. Is data entry FM session based or transaction based?
>>>>>
>>>>> 3. I am using PHP to do data validation (especially  date and  
>>>>> time). Any
>>>>> hints on how to format date and time in such a way that FM  
>>>>> won't throw
>>>>> and error? How do I setup Filemaker to best accept date and time
>>>>> information?
>>>>>
>>>>> 4. Is it a good idea to run FM scripts from FX? If so, any  
>>>>> suggestions
>>>>> on when it might appropriate to use FX to run an FM script?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thank you in advance for your help.
>>>>>
>>>>> Stephen Calia
>>>
>>> 1. Alex is right - all fields (and value lists) you need must be  
>>> on the
>>> layout you specify.
>>>
>>> 2. I'm not sure - I assume it's transacted-based, but that's just an
>>> educated guess.
>>>
>>> 3. Normally FM accepts dates separated only by periods (.) or
>>> forward-slashes (/). IIRC, anything else is invalid for a  
>>> FileMaker date -
>>> off the top of my head mind. Your safest be is just to make sure  
>>> that any
>>> dates you submit to FM are formatted that way. Remember,  
>>> everything you pass
>>> to FM (or *any* database) via the web is a string, FM makes it  
>>> into whatever
>>> data type is specified by the target field definition, as long as it
>>> qualifies.
>>>
>>> 4. No, it's best to avoid running internal FM scripts from the  
>>> web, for a
>>> variety of reasons - they can compromise security, there can be  
>>> data sync
>>> issues, they can be expensive server-side and slow down the  
>>> transaction
>>> queue, etc. I've done it, but only as a last resort.
>>>
>>>
>>> -- 
>>> Kevin Futter
>>> Webmaster, St. Bernard's College
>>> http://www.sbc.melb.catholic.edu.au/
>>>
>>>
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