FileMaker Joins the Herd of PHP Lovers

By Scott Frangos Nov 1, 2006

Have you noticed the number of more traditional software vendors making their hurried way to the web? Recently Quark, a desktop publishing program, made a move toward ECM and WCM integration and now the venerable desktop database program FileMaker, is developing technology that provides an easy way to engineer data-driven web applications with their tools.

The new technology, called the FileMaker API for PHP, enables developers to publish information from a FileMaker database to web sites. It will also allow storage of information in FileMaker gathered from the Web, and create new solutions combining a web-based front-end with a FileMaker back-end. FileMaker developers must be salivating.

And, it's a natural solution for PHP developers who can choose the new FileMaker technology in addition to, or in place of other database solutions for websites. FileMaker is showcasing this web-enabled technology during the Zend/PHP Conference (www.zendcon.com) this week in San Jose, California.

“Our involvement in the PHP field is a result of strong developer interest for technology that lets them easily exchange dynamic data between a web front-end and a sophisticated back-end database,” explains Ryan Rosenberg, vice president, marketing and services, FileMaker, Inc.

Developers can now work with The FileMaker API for PHP (currently in beta) — an interface that allows FileMaker information to be accessed via the PHP programming language. See www.filemaker.com/developers/resources/php/.

FileMaker Pro combines graphical layout creation, scripting, and business logic programming in one development application. FileMaker, Inc. is a subsidiary of Apple Computer, Inc.