[Mapserver-users] WMS Solution: PHP/Mapscript vs CGI?

Sat Feb 7 07:22:04 PST 2004

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<DIV class=RTE>My application should be WMS compliant, both server and client. Obviously Mapserver CGI is good choice, simple and powerful for WMS server. actually I already set it up, and it works well. But I also need to the functionility to intergrate layers from other WMS-compliant instance. One approach is to add new layers dynamically, whose CONNECTIONTYPE should be WMS, to local mapfile (my local server as cascading WMS) when users choose layers from other WMS instance like Maplab's Mapbrowser. </DIV>
<DIV class=RTE>The problem is:</DIV>
<DIV class=RTE>It seems that with Mapserver CGI I cannt add new layers to mapfile on-the-fly. Is it right? </DIV>
<DIV class=RTE>If so, should I turn to PHP/Mapscript? But I didnt find any instance that use PHP/Mapscript as WMS server. Is there any tutorial, demo or how-to on set up WMS server by PHP/Mapscript?  </DIV>
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<DIV class=RTE>Thanks in advance!</DIV>
<DIV class=RTE>pierre</DIV>
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