Comments on: Integration of Spry and PHP/MySQL http://macdiggs.com/2006/07/05/integration-of-spry-and-phpmysql/ Digging the watery grave and talking about PHP, Rails and tech stuff.. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 09:55:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: swetha http://macdiggs.com/2006/07/05/integration-of-spry-and-phpmysql/#comment-27577 swetha Mon, 03 Nov 2008 10:46:08 +0000 http://macdiggs.com/index.php/2006/07/05/integration-of-spry-and-phpmysql/#comment-27577 hello, can we use the spry with php/mysql code in the Dreamweaver CS3 if so please tell me help me out my email swetha123@hotmail.com thanks in advance hello,

can we use the spry with php/mysql code in the Dreamweaver CS3
if so please tell me help me out

my email swetha123@hotmail.com

thanks in advance

]]> By: desperado http://macdiggs.com/2006/07/05/integration-of-spry-and-phpmysql/#comment-27414 desperado Wed, 10 Sep 2008 15:13:43 +0000 http://macdiggs.com/index.php/2006/07/05/integration-of-spry-and-phpmysql/#comment-27414 hey mike thanks for yr reply. i agree. Spry is only good for data presentation. You can hide data from display but it's impractical to filter even tho they suggested so. Initially I saw the functions and thought I could pull it off since I'm not doing very complex queries. It got way too complex because Spry like any other Ajax loads data asynchronously. So I had to set up observers and tried to use the setattribute stuffs to update the dataset that goes into the spry region. Anyways, it's a mess. I'll redo in PHP/MySql and maybe try to use your method to use Spry to present data. Thanks for your thoughts. hey mike
thanks for yr reply. i agree. Spry is only good for data presentation. You can hide data from display but it's impractical to filter even tho they suggested so. Initially I saw the functions and thought I could pull it off since I'm not doing very complex queries. It got way too complex because Spry like any other Ajax loads data asynchronously. So I had to set up observers and tried to use the setattribute stuffs to update the dataset that goes into the spry region. Anyways, it's a mess.
I'll redo in PHP/MySql and maybe try to use your method to use Spry to present data.
Thanks for your thoughts.

]]> By: mike http://macdiggs.com/2006/07/05/integration-of-spry-and-phpmysql/#comment-27409 mike Tue, 09 Sep 2008 05:19:45 +0000 http://macdiggs.com/index.php/2006/07/05/integration-of-spry-and-phpmysql/#comment-27409 desperado, I don't use Spry myself anymore so I might be missing some of functionality which was added after I removed my focus from the technology (it does have its place, but I just usually work on more complicated stuff than Spry allows). Basically, Spry, if used without PHP (for example) scripts to populate data, can only serve static content (you can filter the output though, and I believe I've seen examples of keyword search with Spry somewhere on the net). Myself, I do think that PHP/MySQL solution could be actually more robust in your case, and easier on your clients' dialups (no need to load huge javascript library files, no need to lead the XML file all at once, when they might only need a little part of it). But of course, Spry has its uses, it's just they are mostly data-presentation related, and not database-management related, IMO. desperado,

I don't use Spry myself anymore so I might be missing some of functionality which was added after I removed my focus from the technology (it does have its place, but I just usually work on more complicated stuff than Spry allows).

Basically, Spry, if used without PHP (for example) scripts to populate data, can only serve static content (you can filter the output though, and I believe I've seen examples of keyword search with Spry somewhere on the net).

Myself, I do think that PHP/MySQL solution could be actually more robust in your case, and easier on your clients' dialups (no need to load huge javascript library files, no need to lead the XML file all at once, when they might only need a little part of it).

But of course, Spry has its uses, it's just they are mostly data-presentation related, and not database-management related, IMO.

]]> By: desperado http://macdiggs.com/2006/07/05/integration-of-spry-and-phpmysql/#comment-27408 desperado Tue, 09 Sep 2008 05:08:42 +0000 http://macdiggs.com/index.php/2006/07/05/integration-of-spry-and-phpmysql/#comment-27408 What if I want to use either only Spry or PHP/MySQL? I'm a noob to both. My site is basically a simple apartment rental listing site with records could be as many as 1000 but with no more than 10 short properties on each record. I don't care much about someone downloading the data or the search engines not seeing my "results" pages. I have successfully got it working with Spry. I wrote some basic javascript with if statements to filter out some rows from being displayed. But I still don't know if there are built-in ways to do things like keyword search or adding entry with Spry. But now I am seriously considering if PHP/MySQL would've been a better and reliable choice. Not that I'm an expert but doing queries seem somewhat easier this way. Also, my audience is mostly using dial up connections (max 40Kbps) and I am wondering how these two methods send data. Although AJAX is asynchronous, Spry is client side so it will still send the entire XML data file on page load or when accessed? But maybe I can keep it in the cache during the session for later? And PHP/MySQL will send only the queried results? But that means it sends different data for each search? Also, SPRY has nearly 200KB for its script files. So will that slow down the page loading because those scripts will be needed to show the contents on the page? I'm sorry I used some laymen terms. Thanks in advanced. What if I want to use either only Spry or PHP/MySQL? I'm a noob to both. My site is basically a simple apartment rental listing site with records could be as many as 1000 but with no more than 10 short properties on each record. I don't care much about someone downloading the data or the search engines not seeing my "results" pages.
I have successfully got it working with Spry. I wrote some basic javascript with if statements to filter out some rows from being displayed. But I still don't know if there are built-in ways to do things like keyword search or adding entry with Spry.
But now I am seriously considering if PHP/MySQL would've been a better and reliable choice. Not that I'm an expert but doing queries seem somewhat easier this way.
Also, my audience is mostly using dial up connections (max 40Kbps) and I am wondering how these two methods send data. Although AJAX is asynchronous, Spry is client side so it will still send the entire XML data file on page load or when accessed? But maybe I can keep it in the cache during the session for later? And PHP/MySQL will send only the queried results? But that means it sends different data for each search? Also, SPRY has nearly 200KB for its script files. So will that slow down the page loading because those scripts will be needed to show the contents on the page?
I'm sorry I used some laymen terms. Thanks in advanced.

]]> By: Simon http://macdiggs.com/2006/07/05/integration-of-spry-and-phpmysql/#comment-27372 Simon Sat, 30 Aug 2008 03:19:10 +0000 http://macdiggs.com/index.php/2006/07/05/integration-of-spry-and-phpmysql/#comment-27372 I changed our shop over to spry tables using xml data - great as you have detail regions change as the persopn selects a specific item, but there are problems. Mainly the fact it's client side driven - stumbled upon this page trying to find a server side solution but php is not the answer for page generation (Yes I know this page is about creating the xml data), but once you have your xml it has to be displayed. Spry is good, but not quite there yet - once a web crawler can index it then it will be the beezneez. My 2 cents. I changed our shop over to spry tables using xml data - great as you have detail regions change as the persopn selects a specific item, but there are problems.

Mainly the fact it's client side driven - stumbled upon this page trying to find a server side solution but php is not the answer for page generation (Yes I know this page is about creating the xml data), but once you have your xml it has to be displayed.

Spry is good, but not quite there yet - once a web crawler can index it then it will be the beezneez.

My 2 cents.

]]> By: mike http://macdiggs.com/2006/07/05/integration-of-spry-and-phpmysql/#comment-27163 mike Thu, 29 May 2008 13:29:24 +0000 http://macdiggs.com/index.php/2006/07/05/integration-of-spry-and-phpmysql/#comment-27163 Chris, yep, my blog software sometimes changes the code so it becomes broken if you directly copy and paste it into your editor and try to run it. Usually there are quotation marks that get broken. Basically, you can just have a look at my code, try to understand it, and while doing this, you will most probably figure out the "broken" parts. Chris,

yep, my blog software sometimes changes the code so it becomes broken if you directly copy and paste it into your editor and try to run it. Usually there are quotation marks that get broken.
Basically, you can just have a look at my code, try to understand it, and while doing this, you will most probably figure out the "broken" parts.

]]> By: Chris http://macdiggs.com/2006/07/05/integration-of-spry-and-phpmysql/#comment-27162 Chris Thu, 29 May 2008 09:19:57 +0000 http://macdiggs.com/index.php/2006/07/05/integration-of-spry-and-phpmysql/#comment-27162 Hm I don't get it, your function is not valid php code?! What am I missing? Hm I don't get it, your function is not valid php code?! What am I missing?

]]> By: DamionKutaeff http://macdiggs.com/2006/07/05/integration-of-spry-and-phpmysql/#comment-26996 DamionKutaeff Sat, 22 Mar 2008 20:15:56 +0000 http://macdiggs.com/index.php/2006/07/05/integration-of-spry-and-phpmysql/#comment-26996 Hello everybody, my name is Damion, and I'm glad to join your conmunity, and wish to assit as far as possible. Hello everybody, my name is Damion, and I'm glad to join your conmunity,
and wish to assit as far as possible.

]]> By: Juan Carlos Alonso http://macdiggs.com/2006/07/05/integration-of-spry-and-phpmysql/#comment-26497 Juan Carlos Alonso Wed, 12 Dec 2007 03:21:56 +0000 http://macdiggs.com/index.php/2006/07/05/integration-of-spry-and-phpmysql/#comment-26497 Nice framework, but how do I make a more restric query?? does framework supports send $_POST['idtag'] to query2xml in the spry for select * from products where name like '% . $_POST['idtag']. I know that scriptaculous does?? and Adobe Spry Nice framework, but how do I make a more restric query??

does framework supports send $_POST['idtag'] to query2xml in the spry for

select * from products where name like '% . $_POST['idtag'].

I know that scriptaculous does?? and Adobe Spry

]]> By: mike http://macdiggs.com/2006/07/05/integration-of-spry-and-phpmysql/#comment-26487 mike Mon, 10 Dec 2007 01:14:15 +0000 http://macdiggs.com/index.php/2006/07/05/integration-of-spry-and-phpmysql/#comment-26487 Rob, yes of course it would make perfect sense to have XML as a separate file, but for exemplary purpose of the article, having just a single file makes the example require 1 less file to run. Merits of having 1 file instead of 2 files do depend on personal point of view though :) Rob,

yes of course it would make perfect sense to have XML as a separate file, but for exemplary purpose of the article, having just a single file makes the example require 1 less file to run. Merits of having 1 file instead of 2 files do depend on personal point of view though :)

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