[postgis-users] postgis mapfile php

[Kyle Wilcox]

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$this_layer->set("data","the_geom from ( SELECT gid, the_geom FROM 
europe_country WHERE name='England') AS foo USING UNIQUE gid USING 
srid=-1");


nickthegreek- wrote:
> i have map who takes the data from a database
> 
> in the database there is a column "name"
> 
> my data are be shown with
> 
>  LAYER
>                 NAME "country"
>                 TYPE POLYGON
>                 STATUS ON
>             CONNECTIONTYPE postgis
>             CONNECTION "host=localhost dbname=postgis user=postgres
> password=d3klw7 port=5432"
>             DATA "the_geom from europe_country using unique gid using
> srid=-1"
>             LABELITEM "name"
> 
> what i wanna is.. i have a menu who takes all the countries from the column
> name...
> if i select a country
> 
> eg.greece
> 
> how i could change the statement in the mapfile
> DATA "the_geom from europe_country using unique gid using srid=-1"
> with the statement
> DATA "the_geom from europe_country where name=greece using unique gid using
> srid=-1" so to be shown only greece??? pls help me..i need to finish my
> diploma with taht
> 
> 
> eg..i knnow if we wanna to change the status of a layer we use that
>   $this_layer = $map->getLayerByName('europe cities');
>   $this_layer->set('status', MS_ON);
> 
> sth similar like the above to change the statement of data?

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