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Our webpage backend is currently on PHP. We are looking to change over to an ASP backend next year, mainly for integration with FellowshipOne and EventU. But in doing so, we're going to lose a lot of applets we are currently using.

 My question is, has anyone made any attempts or progress in integrating the Data Exchange module with PHP?
 

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Just because Fellowship Technologies uses Microsoft ASP doesn't mean you have to. They offer SOAP and REST-based access to the data, which is simply XML over HTTP - accessible from most technologies.

So I guess I'm heading to Barnes n' Nobles and picking up a good SOAP book. Any suggestions or know of any training classes you would recommend?

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I have attached an example of how to accomplish the SOAP communication via PHP using CURL.  The example is from a real implementation of how to simulate a WebLink login.

 Regarding books / training / technology:

While the attached example uses CURL, I have personally used NuSoap/PHP to accomplish the same thing - NuSoap.  As jhigginbotham stated this is XML over HTTP so you can use many programming flavors - C#, VB.NET, ASP script, JavaScript, Perl, Python, Java, and PHP.

The following is a great article that explains in detail how the two technologies work together -  XML.com.

 I am currently working on some client libraries to ease DataExchange implementation for .NET, Perl, PHP and JavaScript users.

--Nick Floyd

I am working on being able to use DE via javascript. I can get your php sample working just fine but can't quite get there with javascript. 

Mark:

I have attached our JavaScript code libraries used for consuming DataExchange.  There are two examples; one using a webservice.htc (proprietary - Internet Explorer) file to generate the SOAP message and another example generating the SOAP message in-line using XMLHTTPRequest().

Please let me know if you have any questions.  We will be posting the following code libraries soon: C#, Classic ASP, JavaScript, and PHP.  We are currently working on Perl, VB, and VB.NET samples.

--Nick Floyd

 

I'd like to stay up to date with this as well. I am currently building a church's website with ExpressionEngine as the CMS and they want to integrate F1 into their site so congregation members can do the following: -Initial account creation using assigned keycode card number as account number? -Login -Access their "account"; edit their personal info, edit their tithing settings (saved account info, frequency for auto-tithing, etc) -List and Signup for events/classes -Interact with small groups? -Signup to volunteer -anything else F1 handles that congregation should be able to access from home If anyone has any insight and could point me where I need to go that would be great! Mike

Mike,

Ok, so I can go ahead and build the site using my CMS and just use some code to insert the F1 stuff? From what I've read about Weblink, it doesn't seem to be what I want it to be but please correct me if I'm wrong.

Take a look at Saddleback's website to see what I want to do:

https://www.saddlebackfamily.com/home/login/login.asp

Their site allows you to search/join/manage small groups, do online giving, sign up for classes and also sign up to volunteer for serving. Can I do all this through weblink while still maintaining the look of the site I want to build around it?

The biggest thing is I want to use a PHP based CMS and not ASP to build the site...

This is really cool, and I have implemented the login, but how do you pass the login/authentication over to the pop up windows so they know the user has already logged in???

 I think I am missing something here. 

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Collin

Collin:

 All you need to do now  is pass the IndividualCode returned in the request to the popup via query string parameter.

something like ...page.aspx?cCode=[churchCode]&iCode=[individualCode]

If the iCode is provided once, it will authenticate the user and persist for the life of the session.  Let me know if you have any questions.

 --Nick

Nick,

I'm new to the forum and think i have checked all the artilces.... you mentioned you would post additional code libraries a few months ago.

We are just doing our initial web integration and I have gone thru all the weblink capabilities.  There are several things I would like to workaround using DataExchange.  

 In another post in april, you mentioned that several hundred churches were consuming DE for web integration.  Have any of these churches chosen to make their implementation publicly available?  or does F1 have a reference implementation?

 Thanks,

Greg

Has any progress been made on a PHP client library? I would be interested in seeing what you have even if it's not finished.

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Jesse Morgan
jesse@p4square.com
www.p4square.com

If you look at the list of tabs on the Experience site you may notice a new one called DEVELOPERS. On there are links to documentation and a full set of client code libraries, including PHP.

Curtis Simmons
SVP, Product & Services