Can I be an ASP with PHP?

2002-06-20 Thread René Fournier

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

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RE: Can I be an ASP with PHP?

2002-06-20 Thread Peter Lovatt

No problem

I have a mysql server sited 150 miles from the php server (more by accident
than design, but it works day in day out)

Just set the connection parameter with the IP of the Mysql server and it
works. php doesn't know or care whether mysql is on the same machine or one
the other side of the world

mysql_connect ( 123.456.123.456 , username , password )

HTH

Peter

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 -Original Message-
 From: René Fournier [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
 Sent: 20 June 2002 19:33
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 Subject: Can I be an ASP with PHP?


 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


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