FileMaker Web Publishing with PHP
If you want to publish your FileMaker data to the Web using PHP, Fx.php and/or the FileMaker API for PHP but don't know where to start, this is the class for you.
Each day of the course is focused on a particular subject area, and students may want to register for some or all of the days depending on their expertise.
Please refer to the Course Selection Grid to determine which days would be best for you.
Topics Include
Day One
- How to build a FileMaker file as a repository for your web data
- How to install and configure FileMaker Server
- How to install and configure the Web Publishing Engine
- How to host the FileMaker file on FileMaker Server
- How to test the connection
- Overview of the possible machine configurations
- Overview of security concerns
Day Two
- Basic HTML tags
- Basic PHP syntax and functions
- References to CSS and JavaScript
Day Three
- How to use the primary FX.php actions & functions
- How to use the primary FileMaker.php actions & functions
- How to establish a connection to FileMaker
- How to query FileMaker for data
- How to format the returned data as HTML
- How to handle related errors & debug your PHP code
Day Four
- How to send data to FileMaker to create a new record
- How to send data to FileMaker to edit an existing record
- How to handle related errors & debug your PHP code
Day Five
- How to pull formatted data from FileMaker
- How to pull images from FileMaker
- How to run a FileMaker script from the Web
- How to set up your pages for maximum code reuse
- How to handle related errors & debug your PHP code
Note: Instant Web Publishing is not covered in this class. IWP is covered in day three of the FileMaker Training Series course.
FX.php is freely available at iviking.org.
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