[FX.php List] Re: Container Quandary

Wed Oct 7 14:33:58 MDT 2009

Bob, Dale,

Thanks for the fast response.  I'm glad to know about image_proxy.php!  Is
there any documentation on using it?

I wanted to store the files in the database container for organizational
purposes so that record data, pdf, and mp3s are kept together.  However if
you say it's not a good idea, maybe I should rethink it.  On the upside,
this site would not have much traffic - maybe one user upload per week with
a limited download access.

I have used FileMaker in the past to store many large PDFs with a reverse
approach where the database acted as a file & content manager which then
generated static HTML files and uploaded both PDFs and static HTML to
webserver via FTPit.  It is still working well and the client loves it since
it's saving him thousands in web developer costs per year.  Because it
seemed to store PDFs in the desktop app well, I figured why not use it for
web server storage too?  Hummm....

David Cox

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> From: Dale Bengston <dbengston at tds.net>
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> 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
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> On Oct 7, 2009, at 2:19 PM, David Cox wrote:
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> > 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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> Date: Wed, 7 Oct 2009 14:45:29 -0500
> From: Bob Patin <bob at patin.com>
> Subject: Re: [FX.php List] Container Quandary
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> Sure, just use a web viewer; I do it in a couple of solutions to show
> upload pages that they can use in FileMaker. The web viewer displays a
> PHP page that is written specifically to display in their layout, and
> that way they can upload to the web server directly from the database.
>
> I don't think this forum will allow a screenshot or I'd show you...
>
> Best,
>
> Bob Patin
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> On Oct 7, 2009, at 2:36 PM, Dale Bengston wrote:
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> > To others out there, is it possible to display certain file types in
> > FMP using web portals that look like containers?
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