[FX.php List] [OFF] API Equivalent for Grabbing RECID

[Jonathan Schwartz]

Perfect! This is what I needed. Thanks

BTW...I'm not liking the API at all, versus fx.php.

Perhaps I just need more time....

Jonathan

At 5:47 PM -0500 4/2/08, Bob Patin wrote:
>Jonathan,
>
>I do it by creating a calc field called "recid" and then I grab 
>that; here's some code:
>
><?php
>
>require('include/db.inc.php'); // this has my database info in it
>
>$postsFind = $blogDB -> newFindAllCommand('posts');
>$postsFind->addSortRule('timestamp',1,FILEMAKER_SORT_DESCEND);
>$posts = $postsFind->execute();
>if(FileMaker::isError($posts)){
>	header ("Location: index.htm"); // this redirects if my FM 
>server doesn't respond for some reason
>}
>
>// this pulls out the records
>
>$postsArray=$posts->getRecords();
>foreach($postsArray as $post){
>	$body = html_entity_decode(nl2br($post->getField('post_preview')));
>	$post_preview = 
>html_entity_decode(nl2br($post->getField('post_preview')));
>	$d_created = $post->getField('d_created');
>	$is_different = $post->getField('is_different');
>	$recid = $post->getField('recid');
>	$title = $post->getField('title');
>}
>
>?>
>
>So as you can see, I'm doing a FINDALL, and then this line
>
>$postsArray=$posts->getRecords();
>
>gets the results and puts it into $postsArray, after which you use a 
>FOREACH to cycle thru the found set. As you can see, I retrieve my 
>field called "recid;" I'm sure there's another way to do it, but I 
>like this method, which I also use in FX.php, rather than using the 
>explode command. Just seems easier to me.
>
>Hope this helps; I read the Stephen Knight book to get a grip on the 
>API, and it walks you through it very well. I found it very useful, 
>and the code I write is very trim, compared to what FMServer 9 
>generates in the Site Designer (I forget what it's called).
>
>Here's the contents of db.inc.php:
>
><?php
>require_once('FileMaker/FileMaker.php');
>
>$DB_HOST = 'xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx';
>$DB_NAME = 'dbname';
>$DB_USER = 'username';
>$DB_PASS = 'password';
>
>$blogDB = new FileMaker($DB_NAME, $DB_HOST, $DB_USER, $DB_PASS);
>?>
>
>
>
>Best,
>
>Bob Patin
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>On Apr 2, 2008, at 5:12 PM, Jonathan Schwartz wrote:
>
>>Hi Folks,
>>
>>I'm helping a colleague with their first PHP project, but they are 
>>using the FMP API.
>>
>>I can't make heads or tails of the API interface.
>>
>>Can someone clue me in how to grab the recid after creating a 
>>record? I need it to edit the record later in the session.
>>
>>The existing code for creating the record looks like this:
>
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