WebORB for PHP
WebORB for PHP is a robust, non-intrusive, multi-protocol development and runtime environment that is designed to effortlessly connect Flex, Flash, AJAX and Silverlight clients with PHP classes and data from relational databases via PHP backend. The goal for our products is to enable a new generation of web applications with enhanced UI capabilities, robust client-server communication, streamlined data synchronization, transaction services support and real-time messaging, all at a reasonable cost that delivers fast time to market.
Getting started with the product is easy: WebORB for PHP distribution includes both core product, management console and a variety of examples. Run the management console and explore the Getting started and Examples tabs. All examples are organized in categories by the client type and the functionality they demonstrate. The examples include the source code as well. Additionally, consider going through the following articles and screencasts:
Getting Started with Flex and WebORBGettng Started with Silverlight and WebORBCreating a Flex Builder project with WebORB
Creating a Flex Builder project (screencast)Using WebORB remoting code generator
Powerful Flex/Flash/Silverlight and PHP integration - Most client/server integration use-cases are handled out of the box. And if they are not, WebORB provides plenty of points of extensibility.
Management Console - WebORB for PHP is not just an integration gateway, it is also a powerful development tool. The management console offers multiple features which significantly simplify client/server integration task. The console includes service browser, code generators (ActionScript 3 remoting, Cairngorm, PureMVC), invocation test drive and security management modules.
Flex messaging- The product provides a rich infrastructure for creating interactive online applications. WebORB Messaging implements a publish/subscribe system with conditional message distribution between Flex clients.
Key Benefits
Ease of use
We designed WebORB so we could use it ourselves for the consulting work we do. As engineers, we prefer simpicity, elegance of design and ease-of-use. No one has time to learn something new, as a result, we made sure that WebORB should remain transparent - your rich client should communicate with your server application as if there is nothing in between.
Rich client independence
WebORB provides universal connectivity between Flash, Flex, Silverlight and AJAX clients and PHP applications. In fact, the same PHP objects can be accessed by different types of clients. If you envision changing the client-side technology or introducing new client types, your server application code does not need to change - as long as you run in WebORB
Increased development speed
WebORB includes several features simplifying development tasks and increasing productivity. The features include project templates, Service Browser, code generators, integrated deployment and testing tools.
Faster time to market
As a result of the increased development speed, your cost to develop and deliver an RIA should be lower with the shorter the time-to-market.
Enterprise-ready, secure, reliable runtime
With WebORB you can have the peace of mind that your application is running in a secure and reliable runtime environment, ready to scale out as your business grows.