Does a Map File PHP Parser/Writer Class Exist?

[Larry Shaffer]

D-oh! Well, now that you mention it... yes! Methinks I should read more
of the documentation before posting to the list. Sorry for the bother...
and thanks.

-- 
Larry




# Abe Gillespie <abe.gillespie at GMAIL.COM> emailed the following
#   on Fri, Dec 16, 2005 at 1:18 PM (11:18 AM South Dakota, USA):

>Isn't PHP MapScript parser enough?  You can easily read and write
>MapFiles this way.
>
>-Abe
>
>On 12/16/05, Larry Shaffer <larry at shafferinteractive.com> wrote:
>> Does a Map File PHP Parser/Writer Class Exist? If so, is one available to
>> the Open Source community for inclusion in other apps?
>>
>> I'm writing a PHP/CMS app with a cartographic section and want admin
>> users to be able to manipulate Map files through a PHP 'administrative
>> panel.' This would be straightforward if Map files where XML-based, but
>> this is not the case. I know MapLab edits Map files, but I would like to
>> build a simplified version, because my symbol set is standardized and the
>> layers will usually be just raster-based or standardized shapefiles, but
>> with a direct uploading 'bypass' of Map files for those very limited
>> number of users who know how to edit them directly.
>>
>> Most users of my app will only want to learn the bare minimum to have my
>> app's Mapserver-related pages display their work. Most will not even know
>> what a shapefile is, let alone a Map file! The shapefiles are only an
>> export from another program most of the users use - so the outputted
>> shapefile is always the same structure, just different content.
>>
>> --
>> Larry
>>