[MapServer-dev] PHP mapscript-ng problem using map->setLayersDrawingOrder()

[Worth Lutz]

Hi Seth,

I also do not know the PHP C-API so cannot go that route. I had 
considered using the moveLayer functions to solve my problem and will 
have to go that route.

*Worth Lutz*




On 9/24/24 07:44, Seth G wrote:
> Hi,
>
> You are correct re the note - this has only been implemented in Python 
> MapScript - see 
> https://github.com/MapServer/MapServer/blob/893d9a48e1956a1e039ce5e44eed5466dd5e7907/src/mapscript/python/pyextend.i#L268.
> You could try and add an equivalent to the PHP MapScript but you'd 
> need to know the PHP C-API (which I do not!). It would be added to 
> https://github.com/MapServer/MapServer/blob/main/src/mapscript/phpng/php7module.i
>
> Alternatively, you could write your own helper function in PHP using 
> the moveLayerDown and moveLayerUp methods in mapObj and 
> the mapscript.layerObj index property to get your desired layer order 
> - 
> https://mapserver.org/mapscript/mapscript-api/stub/mapscript.mapObj.html#mapscript.mapObj
>
> Seth
>
>
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> On Tue, Sep 24, 2024, at 1:20 PM, Worth Lutz via MapServer-dev wrote:
>> Hi All,
>>
>> I'm trying to do an upgrade to MapServer v8 and Mapscript-ng. I'm 
>> unable to get $map->setLayersDrawingOrder($layerOrderArrayOfIntegers) 
>> to work. I get this error:
>>
>>     Expected SWIGTYPE_p_int for argument 2 of 
>> mapObj_setLayersDrawingOrder
>>
>> I'm assuming it is because of this note in the documentation:
>>
>>     Note Unless the proper typemap is implemented for the module’s 
>> language users will not be able to pass arrays or lists to this 
>> method and it will be unusable.
>>
>> I spent yesterday looking at SWIG and typemaps but as I do not use C 
>> I did not understand what I was reading.
>>
>> Is there anything I can do to use setLayersDrawingOrder in my code?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> -- 
>> *Worth Lutz*
>>
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