Dreamweaver MX : Advanced PHP Web Development (Paperback)

Summary

This book is the follow-up to Dreamweaver MX: PHP Web Development from glasshaus – the book described as "the VERY best book I have ever seen dealing with databases and web programming." By Matt Brown, Dreamweaver and Contribute Community Manager.

But you don't need to have read that book; any experience of developing PHP sites with Dreamweaver MX or Ultradev is a great starting point. This book takes your PHP sites beyond the functions provided by server behaviors. It teaches you PHP, from the syntax to full applications, from the point of view of a Dreamweaver user.

The chapters take you from basic syntax through to developing full applications, teaching the basic functionality, then showing you how to use it in real-world examples.

Two practical case studies are included: An on-line training log and a complete content management system

What's great about this book?

" The authors definitely did a remarkable job; covering a broad range of topics... The chapters are pretty much self contained, so a linear reading isn’t mandatory here, assuming you know the basis of PHP you can just jump directly to a chapter depending on your needs or tastes." - Massimo Foti.

"Subjects covered include graphics (particularly useful for creating bar and pie charts from dynamic data), file handling, e-mail, and a fascinating insight into working with XML. For me, though, the highlight of the book is the Content Management System case study by Gareth Downes-Powell. It not only brought alive for me the power of custom classes in PHP, it gave me the confidence to start creating my own. Even if the book were twice the price, it would be worth buying it for this case study alone." - japan-interface.co.uk

Introduction

• Chapter 1: PHP Syntax
• Chapter 2: Decision Making, Loops, and Arrays
• Chapter 3: Error Handling
• Chapter 4: Object Oriented Programming in PHP
• Chapter 5: Strings and Regular Expressions
• Chapter 6: Extending Dreamweaver MX
• Chapter 7: Date and Time
• Chapter 8: File Handling
• Chapter 9: Using PHP E-mail
• Chapter 10: XML
• Chapter 11: Sessions and Cookies
• Chapter 12: Server-Side Graphics
• Chapter 13: Using Flash with PHP and Dreamweaver MX
• Case Study 1: Personal Training Log
• Case Study 2: A Content Management System