This book is all about making dynamic PHP web sites with Dreamweaver MX . It covers PHP, enough to get the reader up to speed with the technology, and how to use Dreamweaver MX to produce PHP code quickly and efficiently. It also covers site design and databases and SQL. It uses an example project, a hotel reservation system, that is built up through the chapters to demonstrate the concepts explained .
What's great about this book?
Web Professionals have been calling for years for Dreamweaver/ UltraDev to support PHP, as it's the premier free open-source server-side scripting language. With Macromedia's landmark new release of Dreamweaver, PHP is fully supported in the familiar Dreamweaver visual environment.
This book is a no-fluff 320 pages, so you can learn enough PHP to make real dynamic web pages, spending less time reading and more time on the job.
"the VERY best book I have ever seen dealing with databases and web programming." - Matt Brown, Dreamweaver and Contribute Community Manager, Macromedia.
"Get it, sink your teeth into it, I found the tips and tricks invaluable for getting my head around the new DW MX features for working with dynamic content." - review on www.studiowhiz.com
Subject Area:
Chapter summary:
1. What is PHP?
2. What is MySQL?
3. Getting started with MX
4. Planning the Site and Determining Functionality
5. Basic site setup
6. Manipulating the database
7. Advanced SQL
8. Creating a Search system
9. Re-using code by creating Server Behaviours with the Server Behaviour Builder
10. Hand Coding within Dreamweaver MX
11. Debugging your code
Who Is This Book For?
This book is for web professionals who want to use Dreamweaver MX to produce PHP web sites. It doesn't assume any knowledge of PHP, and it doesn't hold your hand when talking about Dreamweaver, so experience of Dreamweaver would be useful. It assumes knowledge of HTML and Web design.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
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| Bruno Mairlot | Bruno Mairlot works for a network security and Internet solutions company based in Luxembourg. He specializes in developing implementations of network and Internet protocols with PHP and MySQL. He began his working life as the founder of a web site development and network services company four years ago, then moved on to work with other companies, but always working mainly as a web site developer and security consultant for the Web. |
| Gareth Downes-Powell | Gareth Downes-Powell has been working in the computer industry for the last twelve years, primarily building and repairing PCs, and writing custom databases. He branched out onto the Internet five years ago, and started creating web sites and custom web applications. This is now his main area of expertise, and he uses a variety of languages including ASP and PHP, with SQL server or MySQL backend databases. |
| Tim Green | Tim Green is a full-time IT Manager and an eBusiness/B2B Advisor based in the North West of England. Beginning his work as a COBOL and Assembly Language programmer, he moved into web application development n 1996, after dabbling in numerous other careers, from acting to being a chef. |
