- Paperback: 360 pages
- Publisher: John Wiley & Sons; New edition edition (30 July 2002)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0764543873
- ISBN-13: 978-0764543876
- Product Dimensions: 23 x 18.6 x 2.1 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,495,435 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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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.
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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.
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This book will show you:
- Overview of Dreamweaver MX, PHP, and MySQL
- Designing the site
- Using server behaviors to interact with the database
- Hand coding and debugging in Dreamweaver
Who is this book for?
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.
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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful
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Hopefully better books on PHP and Dreamweaver MX will emerge. Different chapters are written by various authors and the book suffers doubly for that. Firstly because some of the chapters seem as though they're translated from another language into English or simply not written in the writer's native tongue, making meanings baffling and ambiguous at times. Secondly, sometimes one author declares that in a previous chapter you learnt about or did XYZ, where, in truth, nothing of the kind happened.
I'm still trying to work through it, having picked it up and put it down a few times. A major sore point is that if you get stuck, theres **NO SUPPORT** available from Glasshaus. Nothing. Not even a forum for people who have bought the book to talk to each other. The first time I stumbled, it took me a day to find the error in my pages. On another occasion I had to just work around a rights problem by allowing root access to all, not ideal. With a little feedback I'm sure I'd have been on my way. I'm stuck again now, with absolutely no idea what the error I have means and I'm flailing about on the net trying to find solutions from nowhere. All in all its hard to remain enthusiastic.
I've got an idea about whats going on, I've been using DW for years and have created sites using Access and ASP, but I have minimal coding experience. The authors seem content to throw chunks of code into the pages with no explanation as to what the code means or how to dissect it. You are expected to copy it slavishly and hope that it works without being told why its there or what it did...
Whats that $ for?
Why's that in square brackets and comments?
What do either of those things signify?
...and so on
The back of the book says you don't need to know any PHP or MySQL, but I would say you're far better off knowing PHP before you come to this book.
Its a real disappointment, I can tell that the stuff its trying to teach me is really useful, from having used DW with Access in the past. With a bit of support, even if it was community based, it might be better. As it is its a headache for anyone who doesn't already understand PHP. I'd bet that if you did, you'd work through this easily.
23 of 24 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Anyone reading the previous complimentary reviews BEWARE, they look very suspect to me! Especially as I've bought the book and found it terrible.
It seems as though there's no real thought gone into any of it. It goes into great detail on the most simplest of things(like resizing a window)then simply glosses over more complex aspects, missing out important steps.
Worst of all though, there is very LITTLE explanation of anything. Even if you go through the entire book, you still might find it quite difficult to replicate any of the ideas discussed in a different situation as I found I gained very little understanding, through reading.
It seems as though there's no real thought gone into any of it. It goes into great detail on the most simplest of things(like resizing a window)then simply glosses over more complex aspects, missing out important steps.
Worst of all though, there is very LITTLE explanation of anything. Even if you go through the entire book, you still might find it quite difficult to replicate any of the ideas discussed in a different situation as I found I gained very little understanding, through reading.
20 of 21 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I've given this book 2 stars only because the tutorial is useful, it's just a shame its so badly written and structured there is very little or no support, although errata's are available on the Glasshaus site (found this out eventually). I'm currently half way through the book and understand a little but not enough to figure out why my code doesn't work and where to start to try and solve it.
All in all good idea but VERY lacking!
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A good grounding for writing e-commerce sites in php
I have personally found this book very accessible step-by-step guide in learning how to use php to create ecommerce sites. Read more
Published on 5 Feb 2007 by CaptainBob
Good intentions, poorly executed
I felt this book assumed too much. In talking you through projects it would miss out vital things which you had to then go and research to find the answers to before you could get... Read more
Published on 20 Sep 2004
The pages from this book would be better used for...
An absolutely awful book! I feel bitter and twisted at having been fleeced the equivalent of nearly $40! Read more
Published on 17 Mar 2004 by "lamorran"
Good starter introduction
This is a great book for savvy designers or HTML coders wanting to move into developing more dynamic content for their sites. Read more
Published on 5 Mar 2003 by "chris69049"
Great Book for Dynamic Sites with Dreamweaver MX
Dreamweaver MX benefits from dozens of new features, not least from DW's integration with Ultradev, designed for creating database-driven sites. Read more
Published on 23 Nov 2002
First Class for Non Programmers
Excellent book which i would highley reccomend to anyone who isn't already over familiar with MySql or PHP, for me i already have a good understanding of HTML, but no other... Read more
Published on 17 Sep 2002 by Rob Barclay
"Get up and run" guide to web apps
Purists might not like it. Better PHP coding advice can be found in O'Relliy's textbook. but for those of us who insist on using dreamweaver MX on a Windows platform (shock... Read more
Published on 4 Sep 2002 by Paul Taylor
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