[Mapserver-users] Mapscript doesn't write map file in expected order!
Frank Warmerdam
warmerdam at pobox.com
Thu Feb 26 08:19:34 PST 2004
Xiaoyuan Geng wrote:
> Hello
>
> I am using PHP Mapscript to add more METADATA contents to a map file.
> It seems that Mapscript resorts the contents of METADATA members before
> I same the map file. Also mapscript adds tab instead of one space
> between the name and the content. Any way to fix this problem? Below is
> the example:
>
> Expected order:
> $myMap->setMetaData("wms_title", "GDAS Geolinking
> Map");
> $myMap->setMetaData("wfs_title", "GDAS Geolinking Map");
> $myMap->setMetaData( "wms_onlineresource",$strWMS_WFS );
> $myMap->setMetaData( "wfs_onlineresource",$strWMS_WFS
> );
> $myMap->setMetaData( "wms_srs",SERVER_PROJECTIONS );
> $myMap->setMetaData( "wfs_srs",SERVER_PROJECTIONS );
> $myMap->setMetaData( "wms_feature_info_mime_type","text/html"
> );
>
> Mapscript output:
>
> "wms_srs" "EPSG:4269 EPSG:42304 EPSG:42101 EPSG:4326
> EPSG:26907"
> "wms_onlineresource" "myserver/cgi-bin/mapserv?map=map file
> name"
> "wms_title" "GDAS Geolinking Map"
> "wms_feature_info_mime_type" "text/html"
> "wfs_srs" "EPSG:4269 EPSG:42304 EPSG:42101 EPSG:4326
> EPSG:26907"
> "wfs_title" "AAFC GDAS Geolinking Map"
> "wfs_onlineresource" "myserver/cgi-bin/mapserv?map=map file
> name"
Shawn,
Why should this matter? My understanding is that there is no significants
to the metadata item order. Also, whats wrong with emitting a tab as the
spacer? It still reads and parses as a map file properly, right?
Best regards,
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