FileMaker Training

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FileMaker Web Publishing with PHP

If you want to publish your FileMaker data to the Web using PHP, Fx.php and/or the FileMaker API for PHP but don't know where to start, this is the class for you.

Each day of the course is focused on a particular subject area, and students may want to register for some or all of the days depending on their expertise.

Topics Include

Day One

  • How to build a FileMaker file as a repository for your web data
  • How to install and configure FileMaker Server
  • How to install and configure the Web Publishing Engine
  • How to host the FileMaker file on FileMaker Server
  • How to test the connection
  • Overview of the possible machine configurations
  • Overview of security concerns

Day Two
  • Basic HTML tags
  • Basic PHP syntax and functions
  • References to CSS and JavaScript

Day Three
  • How to use the primary FX.php actions & functions
  • How to use the primary FileMaker.php actions & functions
  • How to establish a connection to FileMaker
  • How to query FileMaker for data
  • How to format the returned data as HTML
  • How to handle related errors & debug your PHP code

Day Four
  • How to send data to FileMaker to create a new record
  • How to send data to FileMaker to edit an existing record
  • How to handle related errors & debug your PHP code

Day Five
  • How to pull formatted data from FileMaker
  • How to pull images from FileMaker
  • How to run a FileMaker script from the Web
  • How to set up your pages for maximum code reuse
  • How to handle related errors & debug your PHP code

FX.php is freely available at iviking.org.

Pricing

$1,475.00 for 5 days of training