D-oh! Well, now that you mention it... yes! Methinks I should read more of the documentation before posting to the list. Sorry for the bother... and thanks.
-- Larry # Abe Gillespie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> emailed the following # on Fri, Dec 16, 2005 at 1:18 PM (11:18 AM South Dakota, USA): >Isn't PHP MapScript parser enough? You can easily read and write >MapFiles this way. > >-Abe > >On 12/16/05, Larry Shaffer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Does a Map File PHP Parser/Writer Class Exist? If so, is one available to >> the Open Source community for inclusion in other apps? >> >> I'm writing a PHP/CMS app with a cartographic section and want admin >> users to be able to manipulate Map files through a PHP 'administrative >> panel.' This would be straightforward if Map files where XML-based, but >> this is not the case. I know MapLab edits Map files, but I would like to >> build a simplified version, because my symbol set is standardized and the >> layers will usually be just raster-based or standardized shapefiles, but >> with a direct uploading 'bypass' of Map files for those very limited >> number of users who know how to edit them directly. >> >> Most users of my app will only want to learn the bare minimum to have my >> app's Mapserver-related pages display their work. Most will not even know >> what a shapefile is, let alone a Map file! The shapefiles are only an >> export from another program most of the users use - so the outputted >> shapefile is always the same structure, just different content. >> >> -- >> Larry >>
