Advanced Php for Flash

by Webster, Steve; Rice, Matt; Sutherland, Kev; Hanson, Jacob; Palmer, James; Marks, Todd; Eide, Havard

• ISBN13: 9781590591871
• ISBN10: 1590591879
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-09-01
• Publisher: Apress

Summary

The book takes the reader from being an intermediate to an advanced PHP/Flash developer, and helps them create awesome Flash-based Web applications along the way.

Table of Contents

Foreword	1	(2)
1 Introduction	3	(12)
The MX connection	4	(1)
Chapter specs-appeal	4	(7)
Chapter 1-Introduction	4	(1)
Chapter 2-Flash MX Essentials	4	(1)
Chapter 3-Sessions	5	(1)
Chapter 4-File Uploading	6	(1)
Chapter 5-Advanced MySQL	6	(1)
Chapter 6-Socket Functions	7	(1)
Chapter 7-PHP and XML	8	(1)
Chapter 8-Ming	9	(1)
Case Study 1: Chat Room	10	(1)
Case Study 2: Full E-commerce Site	10	(1)
We all need somebody	11	(4)
Styles you'll come across in the book	13	(2)
Flash MX Essentials	15	(22)
LoadVars to the rescue	17	(7)
Basic LoadVars	17	(3)
Error detection	20	(4)
Loading JPEG images	24	(3)
Loading Sounds	27	(2)
SharedObject is your best friend	29	(8)
Sessions	37	(34)
The "stateless" web	38	(4)
Ordering a pizza	38	(1)
How sessions work	39	(1)
Saving server data	39	(1)
Saving client data	40	(1)
Session syntax	40	(2)
session start()	41	(1)
session destroy()	41	(1)
session id()	41	(1)
boolean session register()	41	(1)
boolean session unregister()	42	(1)
Shopping cart example	42	(27)
MySQL database setup	43	(3)
PHP setup	46	(12)
classinfo.php	47	(1)
startshopping.php	48	(1)
clearcart.php	49	(1)
shoppingcart.php	50	(6)
checkout.php	56	(2)
The Flash MX file - ShoppingCart.fla	58	(15)
_root	59	(2)
CartItem	61	(2)
PlusSign	63	(2)
MinusSign	65	(1)
GarbageCan	66	(1)
TotalItem	67	(1)
CheckOut	68	(1)
All set	68	(1)
Moving forward	69	(2)
File Uploading	71	(40)
HTML	72	(1)
Flash
FTP functions used to create Image Viewer	73	(1)
File types	74	(2)
MIME types	75	(1)
Ming	75	(1)
Hidden frames	76	(3)
Client-side communication	79	(4)
JavaScript methods for Flash objects	83	(1)
LocalConnection	83	(2)
FSCommands	84	(1)
Shared Object	85	(1)
The Image Viewer	85	(2)
Adding the code to ImageViewer	87	(3)
Users	90	(4)
Feedback	94	(6)
FTP access	100	(1)
Using PHP for the back-end	101	(10)
Advanced MySQL	111	(54)
Indexes	112	(2)
Joins	114	(6)
Inner joins	114	(3)
Multi-table inner joins	115	(2)
Outer joins	117	(1)
Self joins	118	(1)
Using joins efficiently	119	(1)
Searching	120	(6)
SQL pattern matching	120	(3)
Regular expressions	123	(1)
Full-text searching	123	(3)
Date and time functions	126	(6)
Common functions	126	(2)
Date arithmetic	128	(2)
Date and time formatting	130	(2)
Building the cookbook	132	(33)
Sockets	165	(28)
Socket basics	166	(2)
fsockopen()	166	(1)
pfsockopen()	166	(1)
fgets()	167	(1)
fread()	167	(1)
fgetss()	167	(1)
fputs()	168	(1)
Feof()	168	(1)
Simple WhoIS Flash MX example	168	(4)
Whois.php	168	(1)
Whois.fla	169	(2)
Email primer	171	(1)
Sending email with SMTP	171	(1)
SMTP response	172	(1)
Retrieving email with POP	172	(1)
Flash email client	173	(9)
EmailClass.php	174	(6)
SendEmail.php	180	(1)
ReceiveEmail.php	181	(1)
EmailClient.fla	182	(11)
Setup tab - frame 2	186	(1)
Inbox tab -frame 3	187	(1)
Receive dialog	188	(1)
Compose tab -frame 4	189	(5)
Send button	190	(1)
ComposeDialog	190	(3)
PHP and XML	193	(20)
A closer look	194	(12)
What can we do with XML?	196	(10)
Here's one I made earlier!	198	(8)
Mission accomplished!	206	(1)
Where do we go from here?	206	(7)
Ming	213	(42)
Introducing... Ming!	214	(1)
Installing Ming	214	(7)
Strike one	215	(1)
Windows	216	(1)
Linux	217	(10)
Troubleshooting	220	(1)
The cans and canis of Ming	221	(1)
Meet the methods	222	(1)
Let's get $physical	223	(4)
Your Mom	227	(28)
guestbook form.swf	229	(13)
guestbook.php	242	(8)
download.php	250	(2)
Running the application	252	(3)
Case Study 1: Chat Room	255	(68)
A design for life	256	(67)
Features	256	(1)
Looks are everything	257	(2)
Database design rules!	259	(3)
User	260	(2)
Database table specifications	262	(1)
Table: chatUsers	262	(1)
Table: chatUserlist	262	(1)
Table: chatMessages	262	(1)
Flash in the pan	263	(36)
Strike up a dialog...or four	269	(30)
Server-side shenanigans	299	(25)
db.php	301	(24)
Improvements?	325
Case Study 2: e-Commerce Site	323	(106)
What are we going to build?	323	(1)
Administrator site	324	(69)
MySQL	324	(3)
PHP	327	(25)
Before we start:	336	(9)
File: adminPDF.php	345	(1)
What is PDFLib and what can it do??	345	(7)
File: adminPreviewlmage.php	352	(7)
File: addAdminUser.php	359	(2)
Wrap up	361	(1)
Interface	361	(31)
Scene: preloader	362	(1)
Scene: login	363	(2)
What can be done to extend this?	365	(1)
Scene: main	366	(1)
Scene: categories	367	(5)
Previous button	372	(8)
Preview Image button	380	(7)
Preview Image button	387	(4)
Scene: upload	391	(1)
Scene: report	391	(1)
Scene: error	391	(1)
Wrap up	392	(1)
The client interface	393	(36)
PHP	393	(10)
Wrap Up	402	(1)
Interface	403	(23)
Scene: error	426	(1)
Wrap up	426	(30)
What can be done to extend the site	427	(2)
Readers' Showcase	429	(26)
John Lyons - www.flashbuilder.ch/flash.htm	430	(1)
Jeremy Thomas - www.variablelimit.com	431	(2)
Scott Ysebert - scott.ysebert.com	433	(2)
Sam Riggs - www.deadsam.com	435	(2)
Geoffrey Rowland and Kelly Sponberg - www.cip.ogp.noaa.gov	437	(1)
Josiah J. Williams -www.jjsquared.com	438	(2)
Adrian Ng Chee Wei - www.ngarte.com	440	(3)
Kevin Menzie / Slice of Lime - www.mobilesnow.com	443	(1)
Sukral Helmi - www.webmanultraflash.com & toophat.com.my	444	(1)
Mark Edwards - www.4d-enter.com	445	(1)
Jacob Bullock -www.kineticz.net	446	(1)
Sidney de Koning -www.funky-monkey.nl	447	(1)
Benjamin Knigge - www.fxnetworks.com/showsloriginals/the shield	448	(1)
Gary Stasiuk - www.praxisinteractive.com	449	(2)
James Ellis -www.webgs.com	451	(1)
Gregg Vivolo - www.greggv.com	452	(1)
Anthony Onumonu - www.clubsyte.com	452	(3)
Securing MySQL	455	(8)
Root of all evil	455	(1)
MySQL built-in Security	456	(7)
The verification process	457	(1)
Connection level	457	(1)
User level (user table)	457	(1)
Database level (db table)	457	(1)
Table level (tables prie table)	458	(1)
Column level (columns priv)	458	(1)
Setting permissions	458	(1)
The GRANT statement	459	(4)
REVOKE	461	(2)
Resources	463	(6)
Advanced PHP for Flash links	463	(1)
Authors' homepages	463	(1)
Software homepages	464	(1)
Setup tools	464	(1)
PHP editors	464	(1)
PHP street corners and forums	465	(1)
PHP web resources	465	(1)
Hosting companies supporting PHP	466	(3)
Index	469