Are you a reasonably experienced Flash user who has mastered the basics, but wish you could take your SWFs further into the real of dynamic, data-rich applications? Well, look no further.
The book you're holding brings together three of the Web's hottest technologies: Flash, the server-side language PHP, and the MySQL database system. It's completely up to date, covering ActionScript 2.0, PHP 5.0, and MySQL 4.1, but the information it provides is version neutral. In other words, you can be confident that you're working with the latest standards, but your applications won't break if you deploy them on an older server. The book also provides a brief introduction to an alternative database system, SQLite, which is now automatically bundled with PHP 5 and requires no installation.
Each chapter presents an overview of a new area of PHP/MySSQL, introducing you to the syntax while showing how it compares to ActionScript and how it integrates with Flash to produce increasingly sophisticated applications. For example, earlier chapters cover topics such as how to get data from PHP to Flash and back again, variables, arras, string manipulation, user input validation, and feedback forms. Later chapters move on to more advanced subjects, such as creating databases via the MySQL console and via phpMyAdmin, manipulating database via a Flash interface, displaying data from an RSS feed in Flash, persisting data with sessions, and creating a full blown content management system.
In addition, to get you up and running, the book features a detailed guide to setting up your environment- PHP, MySQL, and the Apache web server - along with extensive troubleshooting information.
PHP is the language of choice on nearly 18 million domains, and MySQL has more than 5 million active users, including industry leaders like Google, the Associated Press, Sony, and NASA. Both PHP and MySQL are open source and free, and with the help of this book, you'll see that they're easy and fin to learn as well.
From the Friends of Ed site
Our original Foundation PHP for Flash title was rightly regarded as a must-have title when it came to wanting to learn just how to make your Flash sites make use of backend technologies, that was published way back in the days of Flash 5 and PHP 4, and things move pretty fast in the world of web design!
This latest, completely rewritten, edition again brings together three of the web's hottest technologies--Flash, the server-side language PHP, and the MySQL database system. We've brought things bang up to date, using ActionScript 2.0, PHP 5.0, and MySQL 4.1, the book has been designed to be version-neutral. In other words, you can be confident that you're working with the latest standards, but that your applications won't break if deployed on an older server. The book also provides a brief introduction to an alternative database system, SQLite, which is now automatically bundled with PHP 5 and requires no installation.
Who should buy this book?
The book is aimed at intermediate Flash users who want to learn how to create data rich applications with Flash, PHP 5 and MySQL 4.1. This book uses clear step-by-step instructions and clear screenshots to explain you how to build applications such as a Content Management System and other data rich applications.
Conclusion
If you want to create data rich applications with Flash, PHP 5 and MySQL 4.1 look no further. The book uses very clear instructions to teach you how to use the programming languages in combination with Flash. Furthermore the book includes very useful tutorials and code samples. This book delivers exactly what it promises.
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