[FX.php List] FMP PHP or FX.php...??

[Gjermund Gusland Thorsen]

But in what way? php is slightly limited when it comes to oo,
pyFileMaker however is oo.

2008/2/1, Leo R. Lundgren <leo at finalresort.org>:
> I mean Object Oriented.
>
> 1 feb 2008 kl. 10.58 skrev Gjermund Gusland Thorsen:
>
> > What do you mean by OO?
> >
> > 2008/2/1, Leo R. Lundgren <leo at finalresort.org>:
> >>  Chris,
> >>
> >> Any chance of FX.php becoming OO anytime soon? Would be nice.
> >>
> >> // Leo
> >>
> >>
> >> 31 jan 2008 kl. 19.03 skrev Chris Hansen:
> >>
> >> Greetings List!
> >>
> >> This inquiry intrigued me.  During the beta days of the The
> >> FileMaker API
> >> for PHP (F.A.P.), FX.php seemed a bit faster; and since I have a
> >> little test
> >> box in my basement with both FX.php and F.A.P. installed on it,
> >> and F.A.P is
> >> no longer beta, I thought I'd throw equivalent tests at it, and
> >> see what
> >> popped out.  The results REALLY surprised me:
> >>
> >>     * F.A.P.: 14.6196269989
> >>     * FX.php: 1.72123408318
> >>     * F.A.P.: 14.7427921295
> >>     * FX.php: 1.68022203445
> >>     * F.A.P.: 15.8884699345
> >>     * FX.php: 2.96020698547
> >>     * F.A.P.: 14.6040740013
> >>     * FX.php: 1.64016890526
> >>     * F.A.P.: 15.450097084
> >>     * FX.php: 1.72534799576
> >>
> >> Average F.A.P. Time: 15.0610120296
> >> Average FX.php Time: 1.94543600082
> >>
> >> In short, FX.php is almost 8x faster!  I performed this test by
> >> simulating
> >> load using repeated queries via each API repeatedly.  Also,
> >> although the
> >> server in question is running the latest version of FileMaker Server
> >> Advanced 9, it only has a developer license installed, so I had to
> >> keep
> >> repetitions very low, but I would expect results to scale
> >> similarly as
> >> server load and available connections were increased.  Also, the
> >> test box is
> >> a Mac Mini, so you could handle a lot more lot with faster
> >> hardware.  I've
> >> attached my test code.
> >>
> >> --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 Jan 31, 2008, at 6:27 AM, Leo R. Lundgren wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> I cannot shed very much light upon whether FM PHP API is more
> >> integrated to
> >> the server than FX.php, but I doubt it. AFAIK, both of them
> >> communicated
> >> with the server using XML and parses it on their side. The PHP
> >> stuff you see
> >> on the server and in its permissions are most likely just
> >> administrative
> >> stuff FM put in there to integrate the PHP part with the server as
> >> a whole a
> >> bit more.
> >>
> >> I decided to go with the FM API, mainly because it's object
> >> oriented whereas
> >> FX.php uses arrays. I just like to keep it clean and similar to
> >> the rest of
> >> my code. I have no doubt that FX.php works just as well though.
> >>
> >> BTW, it would be interesting to see some performance comparisons
> >> between the
> >> two? Nomatter which one you choose, having FM as a DB backend will
> >> never be
> >> fast, but perhaps there's some difference in speed between the two
> >> anyway?
> >> Perhaps they parse XML differently or something.
> >>
> >> // Leo
> >>
> >> 31 jan 2008 kl. 14.20 skrev Steve Winter:
> >>
> >>
> >> Greetings all…
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> In search of the holy grail, web app speed, I'm looking for;
> >>
> >> a.       gut feelings
> >>
> >> b.      opinions
> >>
> >> c.       evidence
> >>
> >> and am interested in all three on which is faster, the native FMP PHP
> >> interface or using FX.php…?
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> I was under the impression that 'native' FMP PHP is simply an
> >> alternative to
> >> FX.php in that it still uses the xml interface… that said I've
> >> also noticed
> >> that in FMS 9 there is actually a PHP interface listed, which
> >> makes me
> >> wonder if in fact it has hooks directly into the server….??
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> As I said, any information greatly received…
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Cheers
> >>
> >> Steve
> >>
> >>
> >>
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