Extension to manipulate an external php application

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Salvatore Guarino	Monday 17 September 2007 2:35:23 am Hi, I have an external php application, a product configurator engine with a form to compile that returns a table with product components. I integrated this engine in my eZpublish site using an <iframe> tag, but this isn't a very good solution. I need an eZpublish extension that dialogues with my form application, sending variables to the form and receiving html code to display trough eZpublish engine. There is a simple way to do it, or (better) there is something, maybe a contrib extension, that can do it? Thx, Salvatore
Lazaro Ferreira	Monday 17 September 2007 4:21:43 am Hi Have you considered using php CURL ? http://www.php.net/curl You can create an extension to call CURL functions , it lets you past post parameters and received you application ouput ( HTML code ) as a result Lazaro http://www.mzbusiness.com
Peter Putzer	Monday 17 September 2007 7:09:12 am Have a look at my SpreadShirt extension (http://ez.no/community/contribs/template_plugins/spreadshirt ), it does something similar.If you are accessing a local script, things are even easier. The general idea would be to write a custom extension providing either a template operator or a fetch function (or both), allowing you to embed the desired functionality inside a standard eZ Publish template. Accessible website starting from eZ publish 3.0 (currently: 4.1.0): http://pluspunkt.at

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Monday 17 September 2007 2:35:23 am

Hi, I have an external php application, a product configurator engine with a form to compile that returns a table with product components. I integrated this engine in my eZpublish site using an <iframe> tag, but this isn't a very good solution. I need an eZpublish extension that dialogues with my form application, sending variables to the form and receiving html code to display trough eZpublish engine. There is a simple way to do it, or (better) there is something, maybe a contrib extension, that can do it?

Thx,

Salvatore

Lazaro Ferreira

Monday 17 September 2007 4:21:43 am

Have you considered using php CURL ?

http://www.php.net/curl

You can create an extension to call CURL functions , it lets you past post parameters and received you application ouput ( HTML code ) as a result

Lazaro
http://www.mzbusiness.com

Peter Putzer

Monday 17 September 2007 7:09:12 am

Have a look at my SpreadShirt extension (http://ez.no/community/contribs/template_plugins/spreadshirt ), it does something similar.If you are accessing a local script, things are even easier.

The general idea would be to write a custom extension providing either a template operator or a fetch function (or both), allowing you to embed the desired functionality inside a standard eZ Publish template.

Accessible website starting from eZ publish 3.0 (currently: 4.1.0): http://pluspunkt.at