Hi all,

 

I'm just getting started and trying to figure out the difference between fx.php and the filemaker php api. Can anyone enlighten me as to the differences and why one might be better than the other?

 

 

I've seen a speed comparison before (I don't have a link to it, though) and I think fx.php was slightly faster. FM PHP API isn't meant to run on the latest versions of PHP so if you do use a newer version than supported it triggers some depreciation warnings and IIRC "should not be passed by reference" errors, or something to that effect.

 

Here is another option: https://github.com/soliantconsulting/SimpleFM

The PHP API has a lot of stuff hiding behind the scenes that can be difficult to change if it's not doing quite what you want.

 

I prefer FX because the data objects are exposed and I can see what I'm working on. It's also a bit faster, but in most real world situations it's not a deal breaker...

 

There's also a good list for FX development, and I haven't seen the same for API development (not saying it's not out there, just haven't seen it...)