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

[Chris Hansen]

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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