[mapguide-users] Bypassing initial view at startup - and adding a layer

[Kenneth Skovhede, GEOGRAF A/S]

Just glad I could help :).

I have put up your code in the comunity code samples (I hope you don't 
mind):
http://trac.osgeo.org/mapguide/wiki/CodeSamples/PHP/AddLayerToInitialMap

Regards, Kenneth Skovhede, GEOGRAF A/S



gingerbbm skrev:
> Well, hooray, and thanks for all your help. I'd like to buy you a beer ;) 
>
> Here's a snippet that might be useful for others:
>
> // Build a string pointing to the new layer in the Session
> $rlLayerResourceId = "Session:$sessionId//$layerName.LayerDefinition";
>
> // Read the XML of the Library Map Definition
> $mdReader = $resourceService->GetResourceContent($mdResourceId);
> $mdXml = $mdReader->ToString();
> $mdDomDoc = DOMDocument::loadXML($mdXml); 
>
> // Create the MapLayer XML nodeset in the first position
> $targetNode = $mdDomDoc->getElementsByTagName("MapLayer")->item(0);
> $newNode = $targetNode->parentNode->insertBefore(new DOMElement("MapLayer"),
> $targetNode); 
> $newNode->appendChild($mdDomDoc->createElement("Name", $layerName));
> $newNode->appendChild($mdDomDoc->createElement("ResourceId",
> $rlLayerResourceId));
> $newNode->appendChild($mdDomDoc->createElement("Selectable", "false"));
> $newNode->appendChild($mdDomDoc->createElement("ShowInLegend", "false"));
> $newNode->appendChild($mdDomDoc->createElement("LegendLabel"));
> $newNode->appendChild($mdDomDoc->createElement("ExpandInLegend", "false"));
> $newNode->appendChild($mdDomDoc->createElement("Visible", "true"));
> $newNode->appendChild($mdDomDoc->createElement("Group"));
>
> // Write the XML out to form the Session Map Definition
> $mdUpdatedXml = $mdDomDoc->saveXML();
>
>
>