Dreamweaver Mx: Advanced Php Web Development [Paperback]

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Book Description

Publication Date: January 2003

This is the long-awaited follow-up from glasshaus' "Dreamweaver MX: PHP Web Development" (1904151116), which Matt Brown (Deamweaver Community Manager, Macromedia) described as "the VERY best book I have ever seen dealing with databases and web programming".

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, covering PHP-generated email, XML, Sessions and Cookies, Flash and two case-studies - a Training Log and a Content Management System.

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.

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From the Publisher

This book is for any Dreamweaver user who wants to delve beyond server behaviors and into the art of hand coding PHP.

Product Details

• Paperback: 500 pages
• Publisher: Glasshaus (January 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1904151191
• ISBN-13: 978-1904151197
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.2 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,939,286 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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28 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Next step with Dreamweaver and PHP, January 16, 2003

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Foti Massimo (Vezia (Switzerland)) - See all my reviews
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This book is a follow-up to "Dreamweaver MX: PHP Web Development", and take to the next step the readers already familiar with Dreamweaver and PHP. The authors definitely did a remarkable job; covering a broad range of topics, from error handling (too often neglected by web developers!), to creating extensions, object oriented programming (a brief but effective coverage), file handling, mail integration, Regular Expressions and much more, including quite advanced topics like generating images and Flash integration.

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. Notwithstanding the fact that glasshaus assembled a team of six different authors, the quality of the chapters is consistently excellent. I was only somewhat disappointed by the XML chapter but that's just because I think PHP and XML integration is not up to the level I expect from a modern language, definitely not the author's fault!

Be advised that this book is much more about PHP than Dreamweaver because, out of the box, Dreamweaver offers only basic tools for PHP development and if you want to take the next step you need to dive into the code. Beginners may be better served by "Dreamweaver MX: PHP Web Development" from the same publisher.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good but full of errors, May 1, 2003

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Julie A (Naperville, il United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dreamweaver Mx: Advanced Php Web Development (Paperback)

I have found this book very helpful in going beyond the basics. I would not recommend it for beginners for several reasons but mostly because there are a ton of errors that would frustrate a newbie. I checked their site for error listings and there is only one. If they would keep the list updated then I would highly recommend this book.

If you are an avid Dreamweaver user with some experience with PHP handcoding, not just the queries Dreamweaver lets you write, this book is great. Otherwise, keep looking.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing, June 26, 2004

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Scott David Jenkins (dallas, texas United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dreamweaver Mx: Advanced Php Web Development (Paperback)

I purchased this book shortly after it was published, before there were any other books available on the subject. The author assumes (by mentioning it in an early chapter only) you will be using Windows OS, I wanted the information for Mac OS X. If you are taking advantage of Mac OS X and it's Unix platform, you won't find any information in this book that is relevant to develping PHP and MySQL on an OS X platform.