[FX.php List] PHP direct access of FileMaker data

[Gjermund Gusland Thorsen]

The direct access to FileMaker is called XML RPC, ODBC is a detour.

ggt

On 11/16/07, Glenn Singleton <glenn at thesingletons.id.au> wrote:
> I agree with everything below, and I must ask, what db can I read
> directly ? mySql and the rest (that I can think of) dont have direct
> access, they use ODBC to connect or am I missing something ? At least
> with PHP that is the case, isn't it ?
>
> Filemaker comes with ODBC support, have you investigated that ? If
> you have trouble doing that, then get the client to hire a qualified
> Filemaker person for 1 hour to setup scripts to export exactly what
> you want, how you want it.
>
> On 17/11/2007, at 1:40 AM, Derrick Fogle wrote:
>
> > Open an FM database in a text editor. See the data, in plain text?
> > Sure, it's possible. Just difficult to reverse-engineer the file
> > format and not damage the database in the process of reading it.
> >
> > Look at CAFEphp. See it connects to FM without server? Sure, it's
> > possible. It's not even that expensive, and fairly easy.
> >
> > Look at FM Server. See it has a PHP API? Sure, it's possible. Just
> > a little expensive, and a little difficult. But, it works really
> > well once it is set up.
> >
> > The simplest solution to your problem, from my perspective, is
> > modifying the export of the data from the customer's database so
> > that you have all the data from all the tables to mirror in your
> > MySQL DB. I see little difference between the meaning of the
> > phrases "don't/doesn't want" and "not possible" in the context of
> > this thread. Dozens of FM developers on this list could create
> > output scripts that would give you exactly what you want, given a
> > chance and fair payment.
> >
> > Directly reading the FM files themselves is by far the most
> > difficult. But it is possible, and you have at least 3 other
> > options which just vary in expense and difficulty.
> >
> >
> > On Nov 15, 2007, at 10:00 PM, Paul Novitski wrote:
> >
> >> As a programmer it's hard for me to take it seriously when someone
> >> says, "it's not possible."  'Difficult' and 'expensive' I can
> >> understand, but 'impossible' doesn't seem credible.
> >
> >
> > Derrick Fogle
> > derrick at fogles.net
> >
> >
> >
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