[Mapserver-users] how to use variable substitution in mapscript-client?

[Daniel Morissette]

%variable% substitutions are supported only with the mapserv CGI, but 
they are not supported via any flavour of MapScript (PHP, Perl or 
other).  If you want to have %variable% substitutions in MapScript then 
you'll have to do them yourself.

Daniel

Frieso ter Haseborg wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> how do I use mapservers variable-substition-function with a
> mapscript-client?
> 
> I'm using a PHP/Mapscript as wms-server which expects parameters for
> security-purposes, the corresponding mapfile section looks like this:
> 
> [...]
> CONNECTIONTYPE WMS
> CONNECTION "http://my.ip/wms/wms.php?uid=%uid%"
> [...]
> 
> A request like 
> http://my.ip/cgi-bin/mapserv.exe?map=../htdocs/wms/test.map&version=1.1.
> 0&request=getMap&uid=test
> works great, so uid's value is available in the wms.php.
> 
> But how do I implement this function when using another PHP/Mapscript as
> a wms-client? When creating a new MapObj and drawing the map,
> url-parameters or cookies appear not to be passed to the mapserver or
> rather the wms.php.
> 
> Any hint would be appreciated.
> 
> TIA,
>  
> Frieso ter Haseborg
> - Software Development - 
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