True, but what if the poster has a FMP front-end to be used with the Web version? mySQL is non-existent on the desktop. And FMP makes building front-ends for destop apps very easy. Regardless, if you are using FMP on Win32 go through ODBC. If you are using it on MacOS you might wait until FMP for OS X, but for OS 9 still use ODBC. When OS X comes out you will be able to use the better ODBC available for Unix. I think the current MacOS's ODBC is not very good, but I haven't really used it. In any case I think ODBC is the best way to go when talking to a FMP database from PHP. Michael On Thursday, January 18, 2001, at 03:08 PM, Andy Clarke wrote: > >Has anyone used PHP to connect to a FileMaker database? > > > This may not be appropriate to your circumstances, but I would seriously > consider exporting the information from the FMP database and importing it > into mySQL. This may take a little more time initially (defining the > tables, recreating the relationships, etc) but the PHP->mySQL functionality > is built-in and well documented, and will therefore be easier and faster to > code. You will probably save time later on. > > mySQL is a much more serious database application than FMP and has many > features (like proper relationships) that you may find useful - it will > also be much, much faster than FMP or FMP Server. Another thing that you > may wish to bear in mind is the extortionate cost charged by web hosting > companies to host FMP databases (mySQL hosting, on the other hand, ranges > from free to cheap). Even if you are willing to pay for FMP hosting, you > may find it difficult to find one that offers both FMP and PHP. > > Hope that this helps, > > > Andy Clarke > > > > > ------------------------------------------------ > Andy Clarke > 78 West Kensington Court, Edith Villas, > London, England W14 9AB > > phone: 44 (0)20 7602 3382 > mobile: 07947 418177 > > Freelance Lingo/PHP Programmer > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ------------------------------------------------ > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
