Help
Table Of Contents
- FileMaker Server 9 Help
- About FileMaker Server
- New features in FileMaker Server 9
- Deploying FileMaker Server
- Starting Admin Console
- Hosting databases
- Hosting websites
- Starting and stopping FileMaker Server
- Configuring general settings
- Configuring Database Server settings
- Configuring web publishing settings
- Administering clients
- Administering databases
- Using ODBC and JDBC with FileMaker Server
- Monitoring FileMaker Server
- Managing plug-ins
- Securing your data
- Scheduling administrative tasks
- Troubleshooting
- Checking for updates
- About the license key
- Command line reference
- Glossary
- Registration
- Customer support and Knowledge Base
- Copyright information
Deploying FileMaker Server
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ILEMAKER SERVER 9 HELP 16
Enabling technologies for web publishing
In this Deployment assistant step, choose the technologies you want to use to publish your
FileMaker databases on the web.
To enable the technologies for web publishing:
1. Select the web publishing technologies that you want to use.
2. If you enable PHP publishing, choose whether to install the FileMaker supplied version of
PHP.
3. Click Next to go to the next step.
Click Back to return to the previous step or Cancel to exit the Deployment assistant.
Notes
• Enabling Instant Web Publishing requires a FileMaker Server Advanced license.
• You can change the web publishing technology settings in Admin Console
. However, you
must use the Deployment assistant to change the option to use the FileMaker supported
PHP engine. See Hosting PHP websites
(page 45).
• If you use your own version of PHP, you must manually install the FileMaker API for PHP in
order to use PHP publishing. See F
ILEMAKER SERVER CUSTOM WEB PUBLISHING WITH PHP
for more information.
If you want to Enable
Send HTTP requests along with XML
query commands and
parameters and retrieve FileMaker data as an XML document.
XML
Transform, filter, or format XML data in a FileMaker database
using XSLT
stylesheets for use in a web browser or in other
applications.
XSLT
Quickly and easily publish FileMaker databases on the web
that look and work much like they do in FileMaker Pro.
Instant Web Publishing
Requires a FileMaker Server
Advanced license.
Access FileMaker data using the FileMaker API for PHP in
PHP web applications.
PHP
If you want to Choose
Install FileMaker supplied PHP
and the FileMaker API for PHP
Yes, install the FileMaker supported version of PHP
(PHP 5.2)
If you already have PHP installed, it will be disabled.
Use your own installation of PHP No, use my existing installation of the PHP engine
FileMaker Server supports PHP versions 4.3.11, PHP
4.4.1, and PHP 5.x.
You must manually install the FileMaker API for PHP. For
instructions, see F
ILEMAKER SERVER CUSTOM WEB
P
UBLISHING WITH PHP on the Start Page.