Andreas T wrote:
Another, more general, question has to do with the mapscript's relation to OGR. I am totally confused on this part. Does mapscript enhances ogr? If yes, then does mapscript support all the source files that ogr supports?
Andreas, MapScript is the scripting interface to the MapServer engine. The php_ogr extension is the scripting interface to OGR (a vector feature access api). The MapServer engine includes a set of feature access functions that can go through OGR, Shapelib, direct to PostGIS, etc. But the mapserver feature access mechanism is somewhat limited (no writing for instance). So for many purposes you can just write feature access scripts using the mapscript abstraction. But in some cases, notably the requirement to *write* features you need to use something else, such as php_ogr. In that sense php_ogr is a means to "go deeper" into feature stuff than mapscript offers. I hope this clarifies a bit. Best regards, ---------------------------------------+-------------------------------------- I set the clouds in motion - turn up | Frank Warmerdam, [EMAIL PROTECTED] light and sound - activate the windows | http://pobox.com/~warmerdam and watch the world go round - Rush | President OSGeo, http://osgeo.org
