I am looking to create a web site that will need to exchange information with a Filemaker Pro (version 11) database. Using PHP I can create simple web apps that submit and retrieve data from Filemaker. I would however like to use a CMS framework (such as Drupal) to allow users to control access to the site and update site content (blog posts, images, etc …).
Is it possible to use Drupal as a “shell”, controlling access to certain pages and allowing site editors to modify content, while embedding a PHP page/form to interact with the Filemaker data? I would be planning to use MySQL for Drupal and the custom “web apps” would access Filemaker. Thanks for any help.
Have you ever heard of the expression “there’s a module for that?” It’s used quite a bit in the Drupal world. And yes, for Filemaker, there is a Module for That!. It’s called, the Filemaker module, see more detail at http://drupal.org/project/filemaker.
Now I’ve never tested it, so it may not give you everything you want. But the beauty of open source is that you can always contribute what it doesn’t already have. Or at least see how they did it to see if its worth it for you to try your own integration.
Now this module is one version behind current, so maybe you can learn Drupal by learning to upgrade the module. There’s great guides on how to do this.