PHP Module (was: drawing on top of maps)

[Zolla Michalak]

Could someone please explain how to draw on top of maps using mapscript?


On Wed, 24 May 2000, Daniel Morissette wrote:

> John Carlson wrote:
> > 
> > I was able to create maps and draw on top of them using
> > mapscript, but now I am wondering how to incorporate
> > this functionality into mapserv (a web page).  Is there some hook into
> > mapserver that I can define my own mapscript program to generate
> > the gif file?  This seems like a very easy thing to hook into
> > the template file (have a path to a mapscript program instead
> > [img]????).  Has anyone done this? I'm using 3.3.009
> > 
> 
> I guess it's time to make an official announcement for the PHP/MapScript
> module...
>  
> PHP combined with the new PHP/MapScript module would allow you to do
> exactly what you ask here.  If you know Perl already, PHP should not be
> too hard to learn and you should get the same functionality from the PHP
> MapScript module that you used to get from the Perl MapScript module
> (Except for a couple of functions that are not implemented yet).
> 
> 
> The PHP module is now available on the CVS server at UMN under
> mapserver/mapscript/php3/.  I expect it to be included in the next
> source code release of MapServer (version 3.3.011).
> 
> WinNT users can download a pre-compiled version of PHP3_MAPSCRIPT.DLL
> from
> http://www2.dmsolutions.on.ca/mapserver/php3_mapscript_dll-20000524.zip
> and Unix users will have to get the source from the CVS server and
> compile it.
> 
> I have started a FAQ for the PHP/MapScript module.  
>     http://www2.dmsolutions.on.ca/mapserver/php_mapscript_faq.html
> 
> At this point it contains pointers to the information you need to get
> started (compile and install the PHP module), and I expect that it will
> grow as we get feedback from users.  
> 
> Enjoy!
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