[OT] Re: [Qgis-user] Problems with qgis-python and php5-mapscript

[Alex Mandel]

OpenLayers is Javascript (In the browser client side). You can use any
backend you want with it. Depending on your needs there are a lot of
choices. The general OSGeo Discuss email list might be a good place to
start if you explain how you want to use such a web interface.

If you're looking for something easy to use try QGIS server, which is
easy to setup with Ubuntu packages.

There are Java, Php, Python, .Net and several other commons options.

Thanks,
Alex



On 02/14/2012 10:33 AM, Andrea Zanotti wrote:
> 
> Thanks for your reply. 
> 
> I am going off topic, but I will try to take advantage of your kindness. I already read about Ka-map lack of developement and I was already thinking about the migration to another platform. So, I would like to ask you which platform would you suggest me. I am trying to learn to use Openlayers, even if I find it very difficult because I do not have any knowldege of Java and PHP. Do you think that my efforts worth it, or do you think I can find something better and easier to use?
> 
> Thank you,
> 
> Andrea
> 
>> Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2012 09:31:50 -0800
>> From: tech_dev at wildintellect.com
>> To: qgis-user at lists.osgeo.org
>> Subject: Re: [Qgis-user] Problems with qgis-python and php5-mapscript
>>
>> On 02/14/2012 08:11 AM, Andrea.Z wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I recently switched to Ubuntu 10.04 and I am having some problems. In fact,
>>> I noticed a strange incompatibility between qgis-python and php5-mapscript
>>> libraries. I need both libraries; the first one is essential for QGIS
>>> plugins; the second one for some other programs (like Ka-map). Actually, I
>>> can use both programs separately, but I realized that, when I install a
>>> library, the other one disappears; so, every time I want to switch program,
>>> I have to reinstall his library. It's quite an annoying problem, and I
>>> cannot understand the reason because when I worked on other Ubuntu releases,
>>> even more recent, I never had this kind of problems.
>>>
>>> Thank you,
>>>
>>> Andrea
>>>
>>
>> My suspicion is that the depend on different version of gdal or some
>> other underlying lib.
>>
>> It looks like you should be ok if you use UbuntuGIS PPA
>> https://launchpad.net/~ubuntugis/+archive/ubuntugis-unstable as your
>> repo. Then you'll get a matching mapscript and qgis built against the
>> same libs.
>>
>> FYI, just so you know ka-map and possibly php5-mapscript(more generally
>> mapscript) are no longer widely used or developed. So you might want to
>> start planning for what platform to move to next (in the next few years).
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Alex
>>