Looking for examples or help on integrating RETS into a php website

Question

I'm tasked with integrating RETS I to a php based website. I've heard that phrets is a good library to use. The site is on a shared hosting platform (godaddy). I thought I could build a page with some search fields and have it do a query and display the results on a second page? Other places I've read name it sound more like I will still need to run a local server that copies the data and stores it locally. Now I'm not sure what to do. Any suggestions or help would be greatly appreciated.

Answer 1

First of all...get off your shared server and someplace where you can get root access. RETS requires access to port 6103 and a shared server is going to block access to it. Second, PHP is a perfectly good processing tool for RETS. VieleRETS is built in PHP and it's a great piece of software built by the center for realtor technology...the same people that created the RETS standard.

Answer 2

I looked at the product from RETS DEVELOPEMENT GROUP and I guarantee if you follow the guidelines outlined by the developer you will not understand RETS or IDX because the terminology being used on that site is just wrong on most levels. I'd stick with vieleRETS or another product.