PHP and Front Page

jennifer_ann

Does anyone know if I can use PHP to connect with a webpage made in Publisher??

I_amp_I

Hi,
Not sure what you're asking exactly. Do you want to put a link in a php file to a htm file? Try:
<a href="link.htm">Link</a>

Blulagoon

I think we need a little more information here. By Publisher do you mean MS FrontPage or do you mean an htm page export from MS Publisher ?

How do you want to connect the two. At the simplest level all you need to do is put
echo "<a href='my_publisher_page.htm'>A link here</a>";
within the php page, but somehow I think you want to do something a little more complex than this.

Blu

jennifer_ann

I'm sorry let me see if I can explain this a bit better. I have created web pages in MS Front Page, and I am writing my forms and php, but I would like to test the queries to see if they work. Is there anyway I can do that? Or do I just need a simple connection string like you all have suggested. Thank you for your help

thorpe

Sorry, your question still makes little sense.

I assume you have designed your webpages(html) in front page. These pages have forms which post data to php scripts which inturn post the data into a database?

To test your queries your best bet is to fill in the form fields and send some test data.

No one has mentioned any connection strings.

jennifer_ann

I suggest you not make fun of me.

thorpe

I suggest you not make fun of me.

Where did I?

Houdini

I'm sorry let me see if I can explain this a bit better. I have created web pages in MS Front Page, and I am writing my forms and php, but I would like to test the queries to see if they work. Is there anyway I can do that? Or do I just need a simple connection string like you all have suggested. Thank you for your help

Ok You are using Front Page which I guess is OK, but you might want to lookk at PHP Designer to edit and actually view pages, and to test PHP with a MySQL Database you would need these things;

A web server like Apache (it is free),,
PHP (it is also free)
A RDBMS like MySQL (which of course is free)

You can use XAMPP or WAMP for windows, or MAMP for a Mac for LAMP (I think for Linux, could be wrong) Do a search and download one of them that fits your working requirements and within an hour you will have tested at least one script that uses a database.

Front Page is just an editor and can do many things but connecting to a database and actually running a PHP or MySQL file. An editor might actually help you catch errors, but the real debugging is in actually running the fie on a real server.

So Just set up a working environment with one of the above mentioned tools and with little technical knowledge you will be own your merry way writing and testing your ideas.

jennifer_ann

I have easyphp will that work?

khendar

Okay ignore that. I thought EasyPHP was an editor. (I swear there was an editor called EasyPHP....)

Houdini

That just might I have heard of it and you might want to try it out and let us all know if it works, I have been using XAMPP and WAMP for quite a while but am not sure about easyphp, what I like about XAMPP is that I can switch from PHP 5 to PHP 4 and use WAMP for PHP 5 and test older scripts on XAMPP with the latest version of MySQL, not really sure what all comes with an easyphp install.

Rodney_H_

jennifer_ann wrote:
I have easyphp will that work?

Yes, easy PhP is fine. (similar to wamp)

You need to put the files into easy PHP's www/ directory and start the servers to test them...

Rodney_H_

khendar wrote:
Should do. You still need to have a webserver set up with PHP and a database system to run your queries.

Easy PHP has apache , mysql , PHP and PhpMyAdmin... (similar to WAMP)

She is ready to go...

khendar

See above 😛

Houdini

So Rodney does that mean that easyphp has MySQL also?

Uh oh, still in a time warp, you guys type tooo fast, give grandpa a break.

Rodney_H_

Easy PHP wrote:
Launch EasyPHP
We can't properly talk about the launch of EasyPHP, it's only the fact of starting the Apache and MySQL server. After the installation, a shortcut to EasyPHP is created in the directory "Start/Programs/EasyPHP". Once EasyPHP is launched, an icon is placed in the System Tray. Click on it to access on the different menus :
• Log file: reporting every generated errors from Apache and MySQL
• Configuration : a simple interface to configure EasyPHP
• Web local : open the URL "http://localhost/"
• Start/Stop : start/stop Apache and MySQL service
• Quit : do I need to explain? :p

The use of the www directory
In order for your scripts to be executed, you must place your files in the "www" directory. The Apache server is configured to automatically open an index file when you enter the address 'http://localhost/' (Apache must have been started). This page is the default start page, it's the proof that EasyPHP is running. You are advised to create a directory for each project inside the "www" directory; so you can easily manage all of your developments.
My first PHP pages
A lot of PHP editors exists. Here we will simply use a text editor (such as Notepad).

• Edit a new file

• Type the usual blank HTML structure page:
<html>
<head>
<title>My first page in PHP</title>
</head>
<body>
 </body>
 </html>
• This example will display the current date. The PHP code can be set inside the HTML code and begins with <? (or <?php) and ends with ?>.
Posting current date :
<html>
<head>
<title>My First page in PHP</title>
</head>
<body>
 Current date : <? print (Date("l F d, Y")); ?>

 </body>
 </html>
• Save page.
Create a new directory in the "www" or use the directory created after the installation : "project1" (can be renamed, of course 😛). Save the PHP page with ONE of the following extension: php, php3, php4. This is the usual set up of d'EasyPHP. Extensions may vary with your hosting company: don't forget to change the extension if needed. In this example, we choose .php extension: "date.php"

• Display of the result.
Reminder:
AVOID DOING : double click on the written script inside your project directory: you will get an error page.
BETTER DOING : launch EasyPHP, connect yourself on "http://localhost" from your browser, open your directory, then click on "date.php". You will see the correct page interpreted by the Apache server. Result look like this : "Current date : Sunday May 13, 2002".

It's your turn to create your scripts and pages. 🙂 Enjoy EasyPHP!

That should help (HOUDINI !!!! LOL!!!)

Houdini

Hey I might just get it and play with it too, I had nary an idea that it was that good, been with XAMPP since I think 2003 and WAMP for about a year only to try it out but really like the XAMPP I have been known to change my mind and with two divorces that should prove it.

jennifer_ann

Thanks everyone! It's working great!!!! I appreciate all the help. And Yes Houdini easyphp has MySQL

Rodney_H_

jennifer_ann, I am happy for you. Welcome to PHPBuilder.com...

Houdini, my friend, knock yourself out: http://easyphp.org/telechargements.php3