PHP, MySQL and Filemaker 5.5

[Anon]

Where I work we currently have a Filemaker Pro 5 system, using CDML, to puplish database information on the web. I would like to move to PHP instead of CDML. I have two options, then, I can try to access FMP with the PHP or I can setup a MYSQL server. But if I do the later I need to set the MySQL to automaticly refresh itself with data from Filemaker. Does anyone know if this can be done?

[Anon]

Filemaker Pro allegedly can talk to MySQL through MyODBC, but the standard implementation supports only IMPORTING into Filemaker, not exporting. This is a Filemaker shortcoming, not a MySQL shortcoming. There may be some third-party Filemaker tools that can help you.

We use Filemaker Pro at work to manage data (news stories), and are pushing the results to MySQL by exporting it as XML and then importing it through PHP. That works fine for pushing structured objects, but not so fine for synchronizing a complex relational data model.