How This Book Is Organized

Web Publishing with PHP and FileMaker is broken into four parts, each relatively independent of the others. This structure should allow you to skip any sections of the book that cover topics with which you are already familiar.

• Part I, “Basics of Web Publishing,” provides an overview of the architecture of the web, explains how to write HTML documents, and covers the most important features of the PHP scripting language.

• Part II, “Laying the Groundwork,” is devoted to building a FileMaker database file, setting up and configuring the FileMaker Server software, and using the PHP Site Assistant tool.

• Part III, “Publishing FileMaker Data on the Web,” focuses on how to use the FileMaker application programming interface (API) for PHP to integrate FileMaker data into a website in a variety of ways, including creating, editing, and deleting records; displaying and uploading images; working with related data and portals; and re-creating a FileMaker layout on the web.

• Part IV, “More Information,” consists of more detailed and esoteric information pertaining to performance tuning, security concerns, and error handling and prevention.