[FX.php List] Converting a website from MySql to FM

[Bob Patin]

John,

While I've not done a conversion from ODBC to FX, my opinion would be  
that it would be a worthy piece of work in the long run. Coding  
wouldn't be the same, although some structures like FOREACH loops  
would be the same, with some code changes perhaps necessary for  
variables (that all depends on how your ODBC code was written). Since  
FX uses PHP, and if your existing site was written in PHP, the mods  
wouldn't be that monumental.

Bob Patin
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On Apr 23, 2008, at 3:47 PM, johnfunk wrote:

> I am converting a PHP/ MYSql web site to one that uses data from  
> FileMaker Server 9. Initially I was planning on using PHP / FX / XML  
> but I just thought that I could use the existing MYSQL quire  
> statements (with mods) to get data via ODBC. Would the connection  
> and statements be close enough to use? I find myself looking at  
> hours and hours of cutting and pasting converting these pages to FX.  
> Any thoughts?
> One thing I just remembered is my client will have to upgrade to FMS  
> Advance to do ODBC, bummer...
>
> Thanks
> John F
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