Will the new Open Platform allow for a php like quote system to function within a bc site?

Question

I'm currently running a website that is built in wordpress, and uses a quote system built in php to fetch data based on the questions the person fills out from an online form.
I'm interested in moving this site over to BC, I tried to in the past, but I discovered prior to Open Platform, this type of quote system would not be very possible, so we stuck with wp for its ability to leverage php integration.
With the current site we upload an excel sheet as well as company logos that correspond to the there prices. The excel has all the prices layed out, its just a matter of the php fetching the info and provided quotes to the person.
Below is a rough example A and B of what currently shows(roughed out images to respect the companies). My question to the gurus of BC, now with Open Platform, will we be able to effectively recreate this same set up, and if so, perhaps there is a developer that would be interested, in working with me on this, and if it could be achieved in the language that OP is using. I hope my query makes a little sense. Best - Erik
Example A. Form.
Example B. Quote Rates based on selections

Answer 1

Hi createmint,
It is possible to integrate 3rd party code (including php) if you can host the php on your own. Below is how I think you can achieve this:
1. Host your php quotation system on an accessible web server.
2. Register an application from BC partner portal.
3. In your menu.json you point the default entry to your external site:
    "menu-meet_the_team": {
        "weight": 10000,
        "title": "Quotation system",
        "attr" : {
            "href" : "http://www.myquotationsystem.com/oauth/bc_cb.php"
4. At this step you will have an entry in menu.json which will point to http://www.myquotationsystem.com/oauth/bc_cb.php php script (this is your start page of the application). At this point your quotation system is integrated in BC admin console. Moreover, the php callback receives an access token into hash fragment which can be used to call BC APIs.
5. You would probably need to change your quotation system a little bit in order to create some frontend pages which display your app frontend to users.
Of course, I totally agree with Liam that you should try to migrate your app to web apps but maybe the solution presented above will do the trick for short term.
Regards,
Radu