The ‘native’ PHP MapScript will go away with MapServer 8. Will all the
functionality be added to the SWIG PHP MapScript before that happens? I tried
the transition with the change to MapServer 7.4 and was unsuccessful do to
missing pieces (or my lack of knowledge). Thankfully, others also needed the
php_mapscript functionality and put forth a tremendous effort to make the
‘native’ PHP MapScript work with PHP 7. Thank you to all that were involved
with that effort. Here I go again, hoping that I will be able to make the
transition and I still do not see a path forward. Of course, just because I
don’t see a path, doesn’t mean there isn’t one. That is why I am asking how to
add a feature to a layer using SWIG PHP MapScript. The following explains how
I have done this in the ‘native’ PHP MapScript.
I use a layer called drawshape1 in a mapfile to highlight something on a map by
dynamically adding a feature to that layer.
LAYER
NAME "drawshape1"
TYPE POLYGON
STATUS ON
COMPOSITE
OPACITY 60
END
CLASS
STATUS ON
NAME "tmpshp1"
STYLE
COLOR 0 0 255
END
END
END
I use a WKT to create the shape that is added to the drawshape1 layer. This
highlights the WKT on the image returned by drawQuery().
$map = new mapObj("simple.map");
$drawLayer = $map->getLayerByName('drawshape1');
$newshp = ms_shapeObjFromWkt($curwkt);
$drawLayer->set('status',MS_ON);
$test = $drawLayer->addFeature($newshp);
$img = $map->drawQuery();
Presumably, I could do the following.
$map = new mapObj("simple.map");
$drawLayer = $map->getLayerByName('drawshape1');
$newshp = new shapeObj(MS_SHAPE_POLYGON);
$tmpShape = newshp->fromWKT($curwkt);
$test = $drawLayer->addFeature($newshp);
This doesn’t seem to be finished in SWIG mapscript. I see that in the
documentation says TODO.
addFeature( https://mapserver.org/mapscript/mapscript.html#shapeobj
shape )int
Add a new inline feature on a layer. Returns -1 on error. TODO: Is this
similar to inline features in a mapfile? Does it work for any kind of layer or
connection type?
I could use inline features to accomplish this also. But this also seems to be
missing in SWIG PHP mapscript and has a TODO by it.
addFeature( https://mapserver.org/mapscript/mapscript.html#shapeobj
shape )int
Add a new inline feature on a layer. Returns -1 on error. TODO: Is this
similar to inline features in a mapfile? Does it work for any kind of layer or
connection type?
Does anyone know how can I replace this functionality? Will these TODOs be
done before MapServer 8? It is difficult to work on the transition when pieces
are missing.
Thanks,
Paul
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