Databases

The final piece of our website puzzle is the database (also known as the “website backend”). Because you are reading this book, you are probably already using FileMaker Server as your database server and are wondering how to publish your FileMaker data to the web.

At a high level, it is pretty straightforward—you write a PHP page that will talk to your FileMaker Server machine. Here’s an example of the process, with all of the major components that we have covered in this chapter: