AnsweredAssumed Answered

Replace PHP method with API method on FMS17 DB

Question asked by edwardlscott on Feb 11, 2019
Latest reply on Feb 12, 2019 by mdenyse

Like • Show 1 Like1
Comment • 5

I have a client database that was written three years ago (on a FMS15 machine) with an important function to send emails (using 360Works Email plugin) to staffers requesting a Yes or No response as to their availability for an event. The html email had two buttons in it representing a No or a Yes response. Each button had a calculated URL attached that ran a PHP script on the server. Examples of the two URLs attached to the buttons:

http://client_url.com/script_name.php?action=yes&staffid=STA123&eventid=EVNT234 OR

http://client_url.com/script_name.php?action=no&staffid=STA123&eventid=EVNT234

This was working nicely in days of yore. The project has re-started and moved to a FMS17 machine (latest Mac Mini, latest Mojave / FMS17).

Now the buttons produce a ton of "Deprecated" errors like these two lines:

Deprecated: Methods with the same name as their class will not be constructors in a future version of PHP; FileMaker has a deprecated constructor in /Library/FileMaker Server/HTTPServer/htdocs/httpsRoot/filemaker.php on line 87

Deprecated: Methods with the same name as their class will not be constructors in a future version of PHP; FileMaker_Error has a deprecated constructor in /Library/FileMaker Server/HTTPServer/htdocs/httpsRoot/FileMaker/Error.php on line 31

The php script is quite simple, it simply repackages the script parameters passed to it and called a FileMaker script that annotated a record in the database with their responses.

I have been considering using the data API to accomplish the same task rather than figuring out how to resurrect the php approach but it escapes me how I would be able to make the buttons in the email work.

Briefly, can the same "html email out - click a response button - update the database on the server" procedure be implemented using the API rather than PHP scripts?

If not, is there a php library file that would not produce the deprecation errors that I need to put on the server? (low expectations here because deprecation IS on the schedule).

Regards,
Ed

No one else has this question

Outcomes

CarlSchwarz Feb 11, 2019 5:19 PM

It's not listed as deprecated yet...

FileMakerPKB

Are the notices / warnings you getting preventing the application from working? Looking at your warnings I wouldn't worry about it, only use the PHP supported version for FileMaker Server and it will be fine. Most web hosts allow you to pick which version of PHP you are running with.

If you don't want to receive those notices / warnings turn the PHP error reporting settings down.

Actions

user19752 Feb 11, 2019 11:13 PM

The "deprecated" error is, FM PHPAPI use deprecated feature of PHP, so you can't get out from it without rewriting API itself (or use very old version of PHP), not your code.

Here is. fmPDA v1 ❤ - a replacement class for the FileMaker API for PHP (FMS 17)

(I haven't tested it)

3 people found this helpful

Actions

edwardlscott @ user19752 on Feb 12, 2019 7:46 AM

Thanks for sharing this with the community!

I will be back to report my results.

Actions

Mike Duncan Feb 12, 2019 8:09 AM

As a workaround, you can also set the errors not to get logged with:

ini_set('log_errors', 1);

Hopefully they will update the API, but there are others contributed by the community that work, and better support more recent versions of PHP. Here is another one: GitHub - soliantconsulting/SimpleFM: SimpleFM is a fast, convenient tool that facilitates connections from PHP web appli…

2 people found this helpful

Actions

mdenyse @ user19752 on Feb 12, 2019 11:20 AM

This is a replacement to work with the Data API. If you're trying to stick with CWP then there are other drop-in replacements that fix the errors in the old PHP code.

2 people found this helpful

Actions

5 Replies

CarlSchwarz Feb 11, 2019 5:19 PM
Mark Correct
Correct Answer
It's not listed as deprecated yet...
FileMakerPKB

Are the notices / warnings you getting preventing the application from working? Looking at your warnings I wouldn't worry about it, only use the PHP supported version for FileMaker Server and it will be fine. Most web hosts allow you to pick which version of PHP you are running with.
If you don't want to receive those notices / warnings turn the PHP error reporting settings down.
Like • Show 0 Likes0
Actions
user19752 Feb 11, 2019 11:13 PM
Mark Correct
Correct Answer
The "deprecated" error is, FM PHPAPI use deprecated feature of PHP, so you can't get out from it without rewriting API itself (or use very old version of PHP), not your code.
Here is. fmPDA v1 ❤ - a replacement class for the FileMaker API for PHP (FMS 17)
(I haven't tested it)
3 people found this helpful
Like • Show 1 Like1
Actions
edwardlscott @ user19752 on Feb 12, 2019 7:46 AM
Mark Correct
Correct Answer
Thanks for sharing this with the community!

I will be back to report my results.

Ed
Like • Show 1 Like1
Actions
Mike Duncan Feb 12, 2019 8:09 AM
Mark Correct
Correct Answer
As a workaround, you can also set the errors not to get logged with:
ini_set('log_errors', 1);
Hopefully they will update the API, but there are others contributed by the community that work, and better support more recent versions of PHP. Here is another one: GitHub - soliantconsulting/SimpleFM: SimpleFM is a fast, convenient tool that facilitates connections from PHP web appli…
2 people found this helpful
Like • Show 0 Likes0
Actions
mdenyse @ user19752 on Feb 12, 2019 11:20 AM
Mark Correct
Correct Answer
This is a replacement to work with the Data API. If you're trying to stick with CWP then there are other drop-in replacements that fix the errors in the old PHP code.
2 people found this helpful
Like • Show 0 Likes0
Actions

Replace PHP method with API method on FMS17 DB

Outcomes

Related Content

Recommended Content