Foundation PHP for Dreamweaver 8 by David Powers (2005-12-12)

David Powers

Language: French

Pages: 0

ISBN: B01K3NCJLQ

Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub

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database, you also need a database server, such as MySQL. Apache and MySQL are software programs that are commonly installed on the same physical computer. I’ll show you how they all fit together in the “How dynamic sites work” section later in this chapter. Dreamweaver uses the term “remote server” to refer to the file server where you upload your web files for display on the Internet—typically a hosting company. The term “testing server” identifies where you test your PHP files before deploying

of learning.” That’s not because they’re difficult—far from it. All are relatively easy to pick up, but they do require a bit of effort on your part. If you have experience with other programming languages, your progress is likely to be much faster than if you are a complete beginner. This book is designed to ease your progress, whatever your level of expertise. Although Apache is the web server that I recommend for developing with PHP, you can also use Microsoft IIS on some Windows systems.

remote server—and compare them for differences without leaving the Dreamweaver environment. I’ll describe these improvements in more detail later in the chapter. Support for PHP 5 Changes specifically related to PHP include the addition of code hints for nearly 300 more PHP functions, bringing Dreamweaver up to date with the new features of PHP 5.0. This means that if you’re willing to do some hand-coding, you can use the MySQL Improved (mysqli) PHP extension to work with MySQL 4.1 or above, as

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