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[grumbachr]

I've only begun to dabble in FM with PHP so hopefully this is not to awkward of a question.

I currently have a couple of very simple but long online questionnaires. With IWP to grab even a partial questionnaire I've broken them up in to 2 or 3 pages. First Page is usually name and contact info with a couple more of the important questions. If some clicks on my continue button I've grabbed the first bit of info and we'll contact them later to try and finish it over the phone.

Is this possible in with FM and PHP? I've tried using the site assistant but it lumps everything into one page with a submit button. I'd really like to be able to break it up into at least 2.

I've purchased Jonathan Stark's PHP FM book but my scanning of it so far hasn't revealed anything. If there something in there I should read that would do the trick let me know.

TIA.

[Baloo]

Is this possible in with FM and PHP?

Yes.

There are several ways to accomplish that task. It's more a matter of web programming than anything to do with Filemaker. The first question that comes to mind though is what are you hoping to get from the API that IWP isn't doing for you?

I've purchased Jonathan Stark's PHP FM book but my scanning of it so far hasn't revealed anything. If there something in there I should read that would do the trick let me know.

I haven't seen Stark's book but from your question it sounds like you need a couple of basic PHP and possibly HTML books, and my guess is Stark mostly focuses on how to get PHP to interact with the API. There are several out there and it's been a while since I picked up a basic text so I'm afraid I can't recommend anything specific. I did find the "PHP Bible" to be fairly helpful when I was first starting out.

HTH

[grumbachr]

Yes.

There are several ways to accomplish that task. It's more a matter of web programming than anything to do with Filemaker. The first question that comes to mind though is what are you hoping to get from the API that IWP isn't doing for you?

I'd like to have greater control of the layouts/design and avoid the idle timeout limit all together of IWP. Maybe the timeout can't be avoided but i assume it can be.