[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] ***SPAM*** Re: To Create a PHP client for OpenSRF and Evergreen

[Bob Wicksall]

I'd be interested in a PHP-EG group and I'll be at the conference.  

I've built 3 Drupal modules that interface with Evergreen.  I have a basic OpenSRF module that communicates with Evergreen, an authentication module and a catalog module.  The opensrf and authentication modules are pretty clean but the catalog module is a big wad of code right now.

I've got some working fieldmapper code that can map the fields as well as create objects that are required by some requests.  I'm pulling the fieldmapper structures directly over opensrf and caching them locally.

You can see it in action here:

   http://www.e5i5o.com/catalog

Mobile theme (android and iOS) here:

   http://mobile.e5i5o.com/catalog

The site is a little sluggish sometimes because it's on a home server connecting to a slow Evergreen test server.


Bob Wicksall
Systems Administrator

Pioneer Library System
2557 State Rt. 21
Canandaigua, New York  14424


----- Original Message -----
> From: "Steve Wills" <swills at beyond-print.com>
> To: "Evergreen Discussion Group" <open-ils-general at list.georgialibraries.org>
> Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2012 6:12:49 PM
> Subject: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] ***SPAM*** Re: To Create a PHP client for	OpenSRF	and	Evergreen
> 
> 
> I hope that an appearance of difficulty interfacing Evergreen to a
> PHP front-end doesn't stop your exploration. My understanding is
> that our lack of PHP solutions is a direct result of a lack of
> contributions. While I have not been able to find the time to
> implement a PHP solution personally, I work on a PHP platform of
> equal complexity and identical underlying technologies for the CIO
> council at CIO.com, full time. I frequently solve small Evergreen
> problems for the Balsam Consortium in Maine using PHP 'one offs' and
> I share David's pain in climbing the Evergreen API learning curve.
> Between the wiki and the work DIG has done over the past couple of
> years this effort will continue to get easier.
> 
> Perhaps the task can be made less daunting by narrowing the scope?
> For instance, rather than completely replacing the staff client, why
> not make a simple PHP "toolbox" with limited capability? One could
> start with something like a circ-mod editor that didn't rely on the
> Ajax for it's dynamic table builds. In general, my biggest complaint
> with the staff client is the way dojo draws and manages the table
> views in the various admin editors.
> 
> 
> The opportunities to interface with Drupal, Wordpress, VuFind and the
> like are quite exciting. I am happy to consult with others who are
> interested in bringing their PHP solutions forward into the
> community? How about forming a PHP-EG group? Look for me at
> Evergreen 2012 if you wish to discuss a PHP interest group further.
> 
> Steve Wills
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Busby [mailto:david.busby at edoceo.com]
> Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2012 05:40 PM
> To: 'Evergreen Discussion Group'
> Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] To Create a PHP client for OpenSRF
> and Evergreen
> 
> 
> 
> My biggest hurdle with building a PHP based front end (on
> osrf-translayor) has been the object/field mapping. And folowjng
> that was undetstaning the 100s of API calls.
> 
> I think others would also point to the considerable amount of code
> that needs to be 4created in order to just provide basic auth and
> search functionality. And access controls as well have been rather
> difficult.
> 
> /djb
> http://edoceo.com
> 206.282.6500
> On Mar 24, 2012 4:49 AM, "Virendra Kumar" < vrndrkr at gmail.com >
> wrote:
> 
> 
> Hi
> I am Virendra Kumar. I have some doubts as follows:-
> Why Evergreen has not been integrated with popular frameworks such as
> Drupal and Wordpress, as well as with library-specific applications
> such as VuFind??
> what problems you face while integrating Evergreen with frameworks
> such as Drupal and Wordpress ???
> could anybody help me to undersatnd what will be basic problem to
> integrate Evergreen with other Popular frameworks
> like Drupal and Wordpress ??
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> Virendra kumar
>