PHP library up-to-date?

William Tam

I've been starting to work with the PHP 'Convio Open API Library' that is at http://open.convio.com/downloads/php-library-for-convio-open.html



It works fine, but I note it is from 2009 and is version '0.1'. Is there any more recent or updated PHP access lib?



As I said, it seems to work fine, I just want to make sure I'm taking the most modern approach (for PHP-based server-to-Luminate communication).

Stephen Richarme

Greetings, William! The link you reference is intended as an example starting point for interfacing with Luminate Online through APIs in PHP. There is not a more updated version available from Blackbaud at this time. We encourage you to use that download only as an example, rather than as a full implementation of a PHP library for using Luminate Online.



The most up-to-date "library" for dealing with the Luminate Open APIs is a jQuery library called luminateExtend, written by one of Blackbaud's top web developers, Noah Cooper. That library is intended to be used as a JavaScript wrapper around the Luminate Online APIs, to simplify the process of making API calls and handle the cross-browser cross-domain issues that are commonly found in that process.



Happy coding!

William Tam

Thanks for the reply, Stephen (and sorry for my delay acknowledging it, I don't check the forums as often as I should). I also use the luminateExtend JS library you mentioned, but sometimes server-to-server communication is a better option for certain use-cases.



I've not seen any problems with the PHP library thus far, but I think it is worth keeping it somewhat supported. If you are aware of any problems with it, I'd very much appreciate knowing -- I'd probably work towards addressing them.