c# clients with PHP server?

[sparkey]

Hey guys,

I am developing my first real project in c# an i was planning to build a client/server based application. I would not prefer to make a direct mysql server connection due to security reasons.

What would be the best solution for send/recv of data without making a direct mysql connection from the c# client?

Would it be possible/safe to use the c# client against a PHP webserver with SOAP for send/recv all of the data or what would be the best way to do this?

Best regards!

[MadHatter]

you can. probably the easiest would be to add the data layer in C#, it is more involved to add the additional PHP SOAP layer for the C# layer to access (not unimaginable though).

here's a little post I did some time ago, playing around with the very same idea:

http://sanity-free.com/125/php_webse...p_clients.html

it was pretty easy to say the least. personally, having used (and still use on a regular basis) the WCF client architecture, I still prefer the older asp.net web service client model (described in my article), and PHP/nusoap works better with it as well.