I have a question to which I'm pretty sure the answer will be "no", but I would like to hope I'm wrong...
I've developed a very simple Content Management tool--called "Europa"--that even retarded monkeys can use to change/update text in their web site. It's web-based, user-authenticated (sessions), and runs with PHP4 and MySQL. Now, Europa is pretty much plug and play, so long as the web site is getting its text from a MySQL database. There's a web agency in town that is interested in Europa for their clients. Their clients want to be able to easily and quickly update certain elements of their site without begging some outside webmaster. They would really benefit from Europa. Problem: I don't want to "sell" Europa, or even install it on someone's web server for a one-time fee. I've spent a long time on this little tool, and want to continue to improve it. So, I would rather license it to companies. They pay a quarterly subscription fee, and get to use Europa as it continues to grow and improve. I'm just a little worried about one thing: If I install Europa on their server, and they pay their paltry quarterly subscription fee, and then decide they don't need any updates, I'm screwed. The value of Europa is much greater than what I want to sell subscriptions to it for (not much--I'm not really greedy), but I need some kind of control. The idea: In order for Joe User to update text on his web site, he comes to my "Europa" web site, enters his company name, user ID, password, and clicks Login, and--voilà--he sees a handsome list of tables containing the text content of his site--which is pulled from a MySQL database residing on HIS web site's web host. And this is the trick: Can PHP somehow fetch MySQL data over the Internet? Is this possible? If so, is it necessary for me to resort to new, unknown technologies like XML or SOAP, or can I do it with PHP alone? Thanks for your comments. ...Rene --- René Fournier, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Toll-free +1.888.886.2754 Tel +1.403.291.3601 Fax +1.403.250.5228 www.smartslitters.com SmartSlitters International #33, 1339 - 40th Ave NE Calgary AB T2E 8N6 Canada --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
