Dynamically Pull Data from Dynamics CRM Online

Question

I\'m a PHP Developer that recently got introduced to Dynamics CRM Online as I am building an application that needs to pull Customer details directly from a Dynamics CRM Online

Answer 1

My suggestion in this situation is always to create a C# Web Service that will act as a bridge between CRM and your php code.

The Web Service use .NET so can easily pull the data from CRM, and because is a Web Service you can consume it by any platform (with SOAP or REST is your decision)

Answer 2

I have been working through a CRM Online - PHP connector for the last few months. I have no server to host C# code so i've been restricted to connecting to CRM using PHP.

I have managed to get Office 365 and Windows Live authentication working (in the near future all Windows Live users will be migrated to Office 365). I have been starting to document my process here.

http://crmtroubleshoot.blogspot.com.au/2013/07/dynamics-crm-2011-php-and-soap-using.html

After spending a fair bit of time on this connection I find myself agreeing with Guido Preite. If you are in a position to host a C# Web Service somewhere then this is probably worthwhile.