Comments on: Flex and PHP web-service http://www.flexer.info/2008/02/17/flex-and-php-web-service/ flex developers web corner Sat, 11 Oct 2008 12:44:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Virgil Cristea http://www.flexer.info/2008/02/17/flex-and-php-web-service/#comment-53 Virgil Cristea Tue, 19 Feb 2008 08:40:25 +0000 http://www.flexer.info/2008/02/17/flex-and-php-web-service/#comment-53 Yes I did try some AMF some time ago. The reason why I chose xml over amf was the market penetration of XML. In cases I return the data directly from MSSQL as an XML and I not want to add another layer to convert it to AMF on the webservices (they are also used by non-Flex Apps). About security yes you can use setCredential, tokens or even WS-Security methods (I know that Adobe did not implement them in flex but there is a way to make it work.. in the next article). Yes I did try some AMF some time ago. The reason why I chose xml over amf was the market penetration of XML. In cases I return the data directly from MSSQL as an XML and I not want to add another layer to convert it to AMF on the webservices (they are also used by non-Flex Apps).

About security yes you can use setCredential, tokens or even WS-Security methods (I know that Adobe did not implement them in flex but there is a way to make it work.. in the next article).

]]> By: Badu http://www.flexer.info/2008/02/17/flex-and-php-web-service/#comment-52 Badu Tue, 19 Feb 2008 06:35:59 +0000 http://www.flexer.info/2008/02/17/flex-and-php-web-service/#comment-52 I'm using AMF.PHP - which in fact, introduced me to Flex - which seems much simpler/faster, in a sense of developing. Have you tried it? Regarding security issues (from previous post in series), besides setCredential, you can use a internal appID which is sent with every message to the service (build your Flex class this way) - so you make sure that your application is the only one that uses your service. I’m using AMF.PHP - which in fact, introduced me to Flex - which seems much simpler/faster, in a sense of developing. Have you tried it?
Regarding security issues (from previous post in series), besides setCredential, you can use a internal appID which is sent with every message to the service (build your Flex class this way) - so you make sure that your application is the only one that uses your service.

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