Formatting FileMaker TimeStamp Values with PHP

Have you ever needed to display a FileMaker TimeStamp field value in a PHP solution? If so, you might have run into problems with making the value format nicely.For example, suppose that you have a timestamp field named "DateTime_Created" with a value of "7/30/2009 9:18:29 PM." If you simply echo the value using PHP code such as...echo $response->getField("DateTime_Created");... then the output

Setting FileMaker TimeStamp Fields from PHP

Want to update a FileMaker Timestamp field with the the current date/time via a PHP solution?Use the PHP date function and format it using something like this: date("m/d/Y h:i:s A")For example, suppose that you want to update a "Last_Login" field when a user logs in. Your code might look something like this:$user_update_request = $fm->newEditCommand('PHP_Users', $user->getRecordID());$

New PHP Error: “PHP has encountered an Access Violation…”

Early this morning, for the first time I had one of our servers that we use to serve up FileMaker/PHP-based solutions throw a PHP error that read "PHP has encountered an Access Violation at 01E02B1B." From what I've been able to tell, this has something to do with running PHP on a Windows 2003-based server in ISAPI mode. I've cycled IIS and this seems to have solved the problem... and now I'm

FileMaker Pro Powers the New National Donor Memorial Web Site

It always feels good when a project that I've been working on "goes live." Not just because the project has reached that final step and there is a sense of accomplishment (although there is certainly that). No, there is something more than that. There's a certain pleasure that I get when people actually begin to use the solution that I've developed, and I can see that the solution is helping them

Getting FileMaker / PHP / MySQL to “Play Nice”

I have a client for whom I recently installed FileMaker 9 Server Advanced on a brand new dedicated Windows 2003-based server. It is running fine -- I was even able to easily work around the usual installation problem where the FMS installer cannot see IIS. All was good...This morning, I attempted to install an open source PHP/MySQL-based bulletin board application called Simple Machines Forum ("

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