[mapserver-users] Mascript information

Stephen Woodbridge woodbri at swoodbridge.com
Sat Apr 8 12:41:55 PDT 2017


On 4/8/2017 2:26 PM, Stefanos Anastasiou wrote:
> Hi list,
> I need a small clarification about mapscript. I noticed that the 
> documentation on the API of php Mapscript is fully documented here:
> 
> http://mapserver.org/mapscript/php/phpmapscript.html
> 
> Regarding python mapscript, which documentation is the appropriate one? 
> Is it this? http://mapserver.org/mapscript/mapscript.html
> 
> I mean like, the API is the same for both languages and all we need is 
> the language agnostic documentation of the previous link?
> 
> I'm a bit confused....

Historically, PHP mapscript was a little bit different from the SWIG 
mapscript variants. They are very close but not exactly the same for all 
things. In the next major release I believe PHP 7 will also be supported 
under the SWIG version. I believe that the plan is to keep the old 
legacy php mapscript for backwards compatibility but deprecate it, but 
don't hold me to that.

Hope this helps,
   -Steve W

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