PHP and FM, where to start?

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Hello,

I would like to learn in shortest time possible, how to create web page with forms, which can be, at the end, saved in filemaker databese on my computer. I do not have possibility to use filemaker server. I can create web page, familiar with html and css and I would say I am intermediate user of FM. Where I can find books (in PDF if possible), web pages, templates which will explain how it works. Also, I would like to know where to go to learn PHP in shortest time possible. (books, web pages, templates).

Edited December 29, 2009 by Guest

[bcooney]

FM Server is a required component of any Custom Web Publishing (CWP) solution.

Why don't you have the "possibility to use FM Server?" You can download a demo version or join Technet and get a limited user version.

This is a terrific book for a beginner's guide to FM/PHP:

http://jonathanstark.com/book

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Depending on your needs, you could also set up a "regular" web site (i.e. nothing to do with Filemaker) where users can fill forms, etc., and import the data from there.

[ping]

Where I leave, internet providers, often have support for PHP, .NET, SQL, but not for FM. So, I thought, it would be much easier to learn basic PHP, and how to interact data from server to FM. Thanks for the tip on the book. I will read it.

[beverly]

Then there is the possibility that the website is in MySQL and PHP and you use ESS (External SQL Source through ODBC) or Import (through ODBC) to get the data into your FMP?

Edited February 1, 2010 by Guest

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Who, me?