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| | h2. Flex and PHP |
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| | h6. Learn more |
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| | | * {adbe-popup:http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flex/flex_php.html}Flex and PHP on the Flex Developer Center{adbe-popup} |
| | | * {adbe-popup:http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flex/flex_php.html}Flex and PHP (Flex Developer Center){adbe-popup} |
| | * {adbe-popup:http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/3/html/data_access_2.html#196471}Working with PHP and SQL data (Flex documentation){adbe-popup} |
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| | h6. What is PHP? |
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| | * PHP is an interpreted scripting language that allows a web server to create dynamic web pages or web services. It is a back-end server technology. |
| | * You use PHP to generate HTML programmatically before it is sent by the web server to a requesting client browser. |
| | * PHP is also used to process form data sent from a client browser. |
| | * The web server invokes the PHP interpreter only when a URL is requested. All program state is lost between requests without special programming. |
| | * A dynamic web application written in PHP consists of a number of .php files on the host server, which are created by a developer with a text editor or IDE. |
| | * PHP can talk directly to a database server such as MySQL. |
| | * Because PHP creates HTML, intimate knowledge of HTML coding is also required for professional results. |
| | * Implementing event-driven user-interfaces and animation effects requires use of JavaScript and HTML. |
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| | h2. How does it compare to Flex? |
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| | * With PHP, both application logic and layout execute on the server, which returns HTML to the browser. With Flex, a SWF file embedded in the web page executes on the client machine. |
| | * The GUI of a PHP application is generated HTML and optionally supporting JavaScript. |
| | * All the advantages and limitations of HTML-based design apply to a PHP-based application. Flex is generally not limited by HTML layout constraints. |
| | * PHP can talk directly with a database server, and therefore can be used to write web services. Flex does not communicate with the database directly; however, it can consume data from a web service and display it. |
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