Dreamweaver MX: PHP Web Development

By Tim Green and Gareth Downes-Powell

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0764543873
• ISBN13: 9780764543876
• Release Date: July 2002
• Publisher: Wrox
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.8" x 7.2"