OK, I understand what you're trying to accomplish now. Dreamweaver is still
a good solution for generating the forms. A lot of people create two files.
The first contains the form and the second contains a majority of the PHP
code. You still end up with a little PHP in the form, specifically, PHP
that echo's field values. Like this:
input type=text name=First_Name value=?php echo
$record[First_Name];?
The PHP script gets called and checks to see if the form has been posted.
If it has, store the record and redisplay. Otherwise, load the record and
display the form.
Make sense?
-Ed
-Original Message-
From: Vinayakam Murugan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, August 06, 2004 7:46 AM
To: Ed Lazor
Subject: Re: [PHP] Dreamweaver PHP
On Friday 06 Aug 2004 8:00 pm, you wrote:
Our site involves a lot of forms which our designer has churned out
of
Dreamweaver. Now my task is to present the data in those forms after
retrieving it from MySql.
This takes up a lot of time and is error-prone too.
Why do you say this?
Our current process is that the designer gives me static HTML generated
through Dreamweaver and I sift through it manually and make changes so
that
the data is displayed from the database.
Is there any better way of doing it?
It depends on what you're trying to accomplish. For example, I first
wondered why you're dumping the data back into the forms. Are you
trying
to edit the data with these forms?
Yes, the screens are for maintenance of data.
Can Dreamweaver be used completely for
PHP-MySQL applications?
Yes. However... It sounds like there may be some confusion. You're
asking
if there is a way to eliminate using forms. I'm assuming you're talking
about HTML forms - aka form/form. If that's the case, forms are
part
of HTML, which is entirely separate from PHP. If you want a form, you
use
HTML. PHP is used to generate HTML.
Yes, I am talking about HTML forms but I am trying to use them to
manipulate a
MySql database.
Hope that helps. Otherwise, clarify what you're trying to accomplish
and
I'll try to help further.
Thanks a lot for your reply. I hope I am clear in my question now.
-Ed
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