[mapserver-users] PHP and Mapscript: .map file needed

[Paul Smith <paul@cnt.org>]

Hi, I'm new to the list and fairly new to MapServer. I've just started 
running MapScript with PHP, and I'm wondering, since all of the objects 
of the .map file are accessible via the various classes, what is the 
need of the .map file at all in a MapScript environment? I'm asking out 
of a bit of willful ignorance, in that I haven't actually tried it 
without a .map file, but maybe I would like to know more generally its 
importance in this situation.

Paul

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Paul Smith <paul@cnt.org>
Center for Neighborhood Technology
Chicago, IL USA