Advanced PHP for Flash

by Matt Rice and Steve Webster

Advanced PHP for Flash is the follow-up to the hugely popular Foundation PHP for Flash.

The main aim of this book is to extend the reader's knowledge of using PHP and MySQL to produce dynamic content for Flash. Essentially, it picks up the baton from the first book and runs with it until there's no more road.

The book takes the reader from being an intermediate to an advanced PHP/Flash developer, and helps them create some awesome...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1590591879
• ISBN13: 9781590591871
• Release Date: July 2003
• Publisher: Apress
• Length: 450 Pages
• Weight: 1.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 7.6" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Taking PHP and Flash into Deeper Waters

I bought this book after working with and really appreciating the first book in this line - Foundation PHP for Flash. The first book was extremely helpful in building a foundation in working with Flash > PHP > database applications.<p>This advanced book takes many of the concepts of the first book into deeper application and shows how to work XML into the equation as well in one of my favorite chapters PHP & XML. I can't give a higher recommendation regarding the helpfulness of these books. Well done and thanks!

This is a good book!

It's raining in Paris, which is sad. But not as sad as the bad reviews here.Apparently, some reviewers didn't take the time to get familiar with the contents of the book as stated here before buying it; nowhere does it say the message board (Flash+PHP+mySQL)is discussed in the Advanced book. The sourcecode for that board was part of the "Foundation" book and can be downloaded from the publishers site.As to this one: it includes a working chat, shows you how to build an e-commerce site (including how to generate a pdf invoice from PHP), talks about sessions (remembering user info with a handy shopping cart application), how to let users upload files (jpg's for example to be pulled into Flash later..), and many more.Each and every php script has many usefull details that you'll be able to integrate into your site; and the Flash part takes full advantage of MX's new featureslike loadVars, loading images etc...Where is there another book integrating PHP and Flash as closely as this one (and the Foundation one)?! And best of all, if you ever get stuck, the people on the support board are always ready to help.So go ahead and get it.

A great book on PHP & Flash integration

This book will give you what you need to get PHP & Flash working together. I really like this book because what they teach you is usuable in the real world. I have learned alot from this book.Thanks guys!

Great Book that covers all the bases

If you love flash but wanted to increase your knowledge to make flash into a full blown dynamic site, then this is the book for you, it takes flash from the neat little animations that we all first learnt how to do, to a completely new level, with coding using php/mySQL and javascript, XML and more to make complete ecommerce sites , email servers , chat rooms, xml buttons that can be used in multiples sidutaions, ftp with flash, search engine with a full database coding for a complete cookbook (that if you wanted to, you could convert into a full blown serach directory, and much much... This book goes beyond what almost all flash users thought possible to do with flash.I highly recommend it.

An excellent sequel

I bought the first book in this series (Foundation PHP for Flash) and loved it so I was really excited when it was announced on the forum that there was going to be a sequel. I haven't been disappointed.It covers some advanced topics like sessions and sockets and then goes onto two great (and huge) case studies (a chat room and an e-commerce site). The book finishes with a section which highlights some of the sites that reader of the first book made, which is really cool (and is providing a lot of the topics of conversation on the forum at phpforflash.com).There is an odd pattern at the bottom of the pages which makes the bottom of the book look like a newspaper when looked edge on, but that's a minor thing - it just looks a bit strange, that's all.The content of the book is great though - kudos to you Mr Webster (and friends)