[FX.php List] Container Quandary

[Dale Bengston]

Hi David,

Unless you have some compelling reason to insert files into container  
fields (like there is FileMaker client-server access that expects them  
to display in containers), then I would recommend keeping the files  
external to your database and store the file's location in the  
database. Then use that reference location to display the files via  
the web.

To others out there, is it possible to display certain file types in  
FMP using web portals that look like containers?

Dale


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Dale Bengston
Streamline Studio, LLC
www.streamline-studio.com

On Oct 7, 2009, at 2:19 PM, David Cox wrote:

> Forgive me if this has already been addressed before, but I've not  
> been able to find a solution to this problem in the documentation I  
> have searched through:
>
> I would like to add/view/update the contents of a filemaker  
> Container field using fx.php.  I see that there are some tags in the  
> FileMaker.php api, but I've not been able to find anything for  
> fx.php.  I also see that php can handle file uploads to server disk,  
> so should I try to pull it into the Container from the server disk  
> via filemaker script?  So my questions to everyone are:
>
> can I use fx.php 'as is' to do this, but I'm just overlooking the  
> obvious?
> what other ways are there to accomplish this for the least cost?
> browser->php->serverdisk->filemaker container
> browser->php->filemaker
> I've seen some other third-party options which have varying degrees  
> of functionality (radinks.com, 360works SuperContainer, w3Schools,  
> File Thingie, etc.)
> Do you have any suggestions?  Thank you for your help!
>
> David
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