[FX.php List] [OFF] FM12 API needs PHP 5.3.6 / 5.3.8 ? ?

[Jonathan Schwartz]

Yes, I learned the lesson of using the FMS12 API. 

One observation...most Deprecation errors are gone, but not all. 

Jonathan Schwartz
Exit 445 Group
415-370-5011

On May 31, 2012, at 2:46 PM, Joel Shapiro <jsfmp at earthlink.net> wrote:

> Hey Jonathan
> 
> I think I read somewhere of someone using a pre-12 API with FMS12 and having problems until they switched to the correct API, so I'd be careful there.
> 
> FWIW: I'm not yet having any "issues".  I've got a new client that will probably use an external webhost and I know that it's rare for general webhosts to be very current in their PHP versions.  So if FM12 REALLY needs 5.3.6 and above -- and FM11 only needs 5.0 -- then we might be better off building in FM11.  Or so go my thoughts at the moment...
> 
> -Joel
> 
> 
> On May 31, 2012, at 9:15 AM, Jonathan Schwartz wrote:
> 
>> Hi Joel,
>> 
>> I don't have an answer to you specific question, 
>> but I am in the middle of a rather troublesome 
>> migration from FMP11 under Windows Server 2008 at 
>> one cloud service to FMP12 at another cloud 
>> service.
>> 
>> I have yet to put my finger on the problem, but the symptom is Error22 errors.
>> 
>> Another symptom in my case is the behavior of the 
>> new servers to halt at every error, including 
>> Notices (!) and API Deprcation errors, which I 
>> will suggest still exist.  The web site didn't 
>> behave this way before and I am going back and 
>> forth trying to figure out what change is causing 
>> the problem.
>> 
>> My latest troubleshooting experiment suggests 
>> that there *IS* a difference in the API files. I 
>> swapped out my FMP11 version of the API files 
>> (Filemaker.php plus the FileMaker folder) and it 
>> solved the Error 22.
>> 
>> Not sure if this addresses the issues that you are having.
>> 
>> Jonathan
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> At 9:32 AM -0700 5/29/12, Joel Shapiro wrote:
>>> Thanks Steve!
>>> 
>>> (I can't imagine that the PHP version on that 
>>> Windows machine makes a difference...)
>>> 
>>> I've read that they updated the API to no longer 
>>> have all the deprecated code (e.g. "Assigning 
>>> the return value of new by reference"), but I'd 
>>> be surprised if FMI added any brand-new PHP 
>>> functions.
>>> 
>>> Anybody else?
>>> 
>>> Thanks,
>>> -Joel
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On May 29, 2012, at 9:24 AM, Steve Winter wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Hi Joel
>>>> 
>>>> I've got an FM-based web app which is running 
>>>> on a Linux server, accessing a Windows based 
>>>> FMS, so the actual API code is on the Linux box 
>>>> - that's running PHP 5.2.17 no problem - not 
>>>> sure what version of PHP is on that Windows box 
>>>> as I have no access to it (at that level ;-)
>>>> 
>>>> That's the only real FM12 stuff I've got up as 
>>>> yet - couple of others looking like they're 
>>>> going there shortlyŠ
>>>> 
>>>> Cheers
>>>> Steve
>>>> 
>>>>> Hi all
>>>>> 
>>>>> Is anybody here running FMS12 w/ the API?
>>>>> 
>>>>> FM12 specs say that "Windows users need PHP 
>>>>> 5.3.8 and Mac users need PHP 5.3.6" but I'm 
>>>>> wondering if that's really true.  Is anyone 
>>>>> running the FM12 API w/ a lower version of PHP?
>>>>> 
>>>>> http://www.filemaker.com/products/filemaker-server/server-12-specifications.html
>>>>> 
>>>>> (FM11 specs say you just need "PHP 5.0 or higher"):
>>>>> http://help.filemaker.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/7638/
>>>>> 
>>>>> Any real-world experience?
>>>>> 
>>>>> FWIW: I've asked this elsewhere but haven't gotten a response.
>>>>> 
>>>>> TIA,
>>>>> -Joel
>>>>> 
>>>>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>>>> Joel Shapiro
>>>>> FileMaker Pro
>>>>> : database design
>>>>> : web development
>>>>> http://jsfmp.com
>>>>> 415-269-5055
>>>>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>>>> 
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>>>> steve at bluecrocodile.co.nz
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
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