PHP MapScript queries

[Thorsten Fischer]

Maybe I should clarify my question: I already have a 
rectObj, and I got a mapObj with a layer and a shapefile loaded.

What do I have to build into the map file and/or my php mapscript to
get hold on a queryResultObj that answers the question: what shapes are 
visible in that rectangle?

I am quite clueless at that point right now, and I know there must
be a - simple? - way to make it work.


Thorsten