Best practices for developing with FileMaker & PHP
I'm about to embark on my first project that will use FileMaker instead of MySQL as the backend database. 

I know from experience in using other sites that talk directly to Filemaker, that they can tend to be slower and more 'flakey'.

I'm planning to use the FileMaker PHP API and wanted to ask for some pointers and advice on implementation, specifically around connection, error checking, perhaps fallback if the FileMaker db is down.

The website/app itself is not overly complex at all but it does need to be robust as there is a reasonably amount of traffic. The primary task will be taking a form of information and inserting it into FileMaker.
Best practices for developing with FileMaker & PHP
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I'm about to embark on my first project that will use FileMaker instead of MySQL as the backend database. 

I know from experience in using other sites that talk directly to Filemaker, that they can tend to be slower and more 'flakey'.

I'm planning to use the FileMaker PHP API and wanted to ask for some pointers and advice on implementation, specifically around connection, error checking, perhaps fallback if the FileMaker db is down.

The website/app itself is not overly complex at all but it does need to be robust as there is a reasonably amount of traffic. The primary task will be taking a form of information and inserting it into FileMaker.