[mapserver-users] user map from mysql table: Have a look at my code. Can`t add layer with user data to map

[Jan Mantkowski]

Hi all,

i run into a problem i can not solve by myself.
I like to display names (at the right locations) of users as an additional
layer to an existing map.

I use:
Windows 98
Apache (newest)
Mapserver 3.5
PHP/mapscript
php 4.0.6
mysql(newest)

The following parts work right now:

get test data from mysql table
display test data on screen for check
make users.dbf, users.shp, users.shx
display map on screen

The problem is, that the user names will NOT be displayed at the map.
Please help.

I am using the first simple europe map and code from the example at
http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/doc/phpmapscript-byexample-howto.html

This is the test data stored in a mysql table:
51.5063    -0.1271   Jan London
40.4203    -3.7057   Jose Madrid
48.8547    2.3453    Madeleine Paris
53.5548    9.9898    Fritz Hamburg

The last name gives a hint, where the user should be displayed.

I will post two files: europe.map and index.php please have a look at them:


This is the map file i use. Its the original map file from the europe
example. I only added the Layer PostNukeUsers.
(I grabbed the state park layer from the tutorial3.5, example4.map file and
changed STATUS to ON, also i deleted the SYMBOLSCALE 250000 line)
I do not "really" understand what i did, so bear with me.

NAME FIRSTMAP
SIZE 400 400
STATUS ON
EXTENT -5696501 1923039 5696501 11022882
UNITS METERS
SHAPEPATH "data"

WEB
IMAGEPATH "c:\Apache\htdocs\tmp\"
IMAGEURL "/tmp/"
END

LAYER
NAME world
TYPE POLYGON
STATUS ON
DATA europa
	CLASS
		TEMPLATE void
		COLOR 110 50 100
		OUTLINECOLOR 200 200 200
		#END
	END
	TOLERANCE 10
END
  LAYER
    NAME "Nations"
    DATA europa
    STATUS ON
    TYPE ANNOTATION
    CLASS
      COLOR -1 -1 -1 # no marker will be drawn
      LABEL
        SIZE MEDIUM
        COLOR 132 31 31
        OUTLINECOLOR 255 255 255
        BUFFER 4
      END
    END
  END
  END

  LAYER
    NAME "PostNukeUsers"
    DATA users
    STATUS ON
    TYPE ANNOTATION
    LABELITEM "text"
    CLASS
      COLOR -1 -1 -1 # no marker will be drawn
      LABEL
        SIZE MEDIUM
        COLOR 132 31 31
        OUTLINECOLOR 255 255 255
        BUFFER 4
      END
    END
  END

END

This is the index-standalone.php file, that does all the work:

<?php

// load .dll`s, this  makes sure that you do not need to edit the php.ini.
dl("php_mapscript_35.dll");
dl("php_proj.dll");
dl("php_dbase.dll");

// start preparation files
$shpPath = "c:/Apache/htdocs/pn_71/html/modules/map/data/"; // Do not forget
the / in the end of the line!
$shpFileName ="users";
$shpFname = $shpPath.$shpFileName;
$shpFile = ms_newShapeFileObj($shpFname, MS_SHP_POINT);

$def =
array(
array("name",   "C", 20), // in the map.dbf there is no need for lat and lon
);
$dbfFile = dbase_create( $shpFname.".dbf", $def);
// end preparation files


// lets do it
$db = mysql_connect("localhost", "root", "");
mysql_select_db("Rogue",$db);
$result = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM nuke_map",$db);
if ($result === false) die("failed");
echo " This is the test data from the mysql table that should be displayed.
The last name gives a hint, where the user should be displayed.";
echo "<br>";
echo "<br>";
echo
"lat            
lon            n
ame<br>\n";
while ($fields = mysql_fetch_row($result)) {
	$name=$fields[0];       //i know that there are 3 columns in the mysql
table
	$lat=$fields[1];
	$lon=$fields[2];
out($lat, $lon, $name);         //prints data from mysql table on screen for
check
createPoint($lat, $lon, $name); //creates map.dbf, map.shp, map.shx
}
display_map();                  //displays a map of europe, this is where
the users will be displayed
//end

function display_map (){
$map_path="/data/";
$map = ms_newMapObj($map_path."europe.map");
$image=$map->draw();
$image_url=$image->saveWebImage(MS_PNG,1,1,0);
echo "<img src=\"".$image_url."\">";
}

function out($lat, $lon, $name){
echo
$lat."    ".$lon."    ".$name."<br>\
n";
}

function createPoint($lat, $lon, $name){
    GLOBAL $shpFile, $dbfFile;
    // Create shape
    $oShp = ms_newShapeObj(MS_SHP_POINT);
    $oLine = ms_newLineObj();
    $oLine->addXY($lat, $lon);
    $oShp->add( $oLine );
    $shpFile->addShape($oShp);
    // Write attribute record
    dbase_add_record($dbfFile, array($name));
}

// clean up
$shpFile->free();
#dbase_close($dbfFile);
//$result->close();  // this line is deaktivated, because it causes this
error:
//Fatal error: Call to a member function on a non-object in ....
//$db->close(); //  this line is deaktivated, because it causes this error:
//Fatal error: Call to a member function on a non-object in....
// Any help is apereciated to fix this.
// I believe it is because of changes from php3.0 to 4.0, but i know nothing
about classes and methods, so i can not fix it by my own.

?>

Thank for your help.

Jan