main.php, creates a frame set where the top frame in the set contains a site-specific page header, and the bottom frame in the set contains the embedded Viewer. The following code contains the important parts of main.php.
The simplest way to incorporate a MapGuide Viewer into your own site is to create a frame set that contains a frame for your own page layout and a frame for the Viewer. The Developer’s Guide samples use this technique. The main page for the samples,<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Frameset//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/frameset.dtd">
<?php
require_once('common/common.php');
try
{
// Initialize the web extensions,
MgInitializeWebTier ($webconfigFilePath);
// Connect to the site server and create a session
$userInfo = new MgUserInformation("Author", "author");
$site = new MgSite();
$site->Open($userInfo);
}
catch (MgException $e)
{
echo "Could not connect to the MapGuide site server.";
die();
}
try
{
$sessionId = $site->CreateSession();
// Define some constants
$webLayout = "Library://Samples/Layouts/SamplesPHP.WebLayout";
$title = "Samples";
}
catch (MgException $e)
{
echo "ERROR: " . $e->GetMessage("eng") . "\n";
echo $e->GetStackTrace("eng") . "\n";
}
?>
<html>
<head>
<title><?= $title ?></title>
</head>
<frameset rows="110,*">
<frame src="common/Title.php?TitleText=<?= $title ?>"
name="TitleFrame" scrolling="NO" noresize />
<frame
src="/mapguide/mapviewerajax/?
SESSION=<?= $sessionId ?>&
WEBLAYOUT=<?= $webLayout ?>" name="ViewerFrame" />
</frameset>
</html>