Dreamweaver MX: PHP Web Development (Programmer to Programmer)

PHP is one of the most popular server-side scripting languages available. It's powerful and easy to learn. Combined with MySQL, a fast, cross-platform, and free open source database, it makes a very effective tool for developing database-driven web sites. This book is all about developing PHP/MySQL web sites with Macromedia Dreamweaver MX, the premier visual web site design tool. It will show you how to use Dreamweaver MX to rapidly develop database-driven PHP web applications with the minimum of fuss. Throughout the book we use a real-world example application, a hotel room booking system, to demonstrate just how easily you can quickly build dynamic PHP sites with Dreamweaver MX. This book is for web professionals looking to develop database-driven PHP web applications using Macromedia Dreamweaver MX. Some knowledge of HTML and web design is assumed, but you don't need to know any PHP or MySQL. What is this book about? PHP is one of the most popular server-side scripting languages available. It's powerful and easy to learn. Combined with MySQL -- a fast, cross-platform, and free open source database -- it makes a very effective tool for developing database-driven websites. This book is all about developing PHP/MySQL websites with Macromedia Dreamweaver MX, the premier visual website design tool. It will show you how to use Dreamweaver MX to rapidly develop database-driven PHP web applications with the minimum of fuss. Throughout the book, we use a real-world example application, a hotel room booking system, to demonstrate just how quick and easy it is to build dynamic PHP sites with Dreamweaver MX. What does this book cover? Here are just a few of the things you'll find covered in this book: Overview of Dreamweaver MX, PHP, and MySQL Designing a site Using server behaviors to interact with the database Hand-coding and debugging in Dreamweaver Who is this book for? This book is for the web professional looking to develop database-driven PHP web applications using Macromedia Dreamweaver MX. Some knowledge of HTML and web design is assumed, but you don't need to know any PHP or MySQL. 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's not intended to be a comprehesive PHP reference. 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 .

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.

This title 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. Discusses Web site development using Dreamweaver, PHP, and SQL, covering topics such as site architecture, building databases, creating a search system, coding practices, and debugging. Macromedia Dreamweaver MX is a truly superb piece of software; it enables rapid and easy development of web applications.