Post Description

In Flex 4.5 and PHP: Creating Data-Driven Applications, author Drew Falkman shows developers how to integrate Flex applications with PHP-based data services. The course demonstrates retrieving XML data from a PHP server with HTTPService, connecting PHP classes to Flex using the amfPHP, WebOrb and ZendAMF adapters, and using the PHP data wizards in Flash Builder to save development time. The course also previews the Zend Studio IDE bundled with Flash Builder 4.5 for PHP and covers advanced topics such as setting up Flex mobile projects and changing servers at run time. Exercise files accompany the course.
Topics include:

    Understanding session management
    Accessing RESTful services
    Customizing service calls by passing parameters
    Handling raw XML and JSON data
    Exposing a PHP class as a Flex service
    Generating PHP services with Flash Builder
    Debugging in Flash Builder and Zend Studio
    Exchanging data from PHP to Flex and back
    Building a Master-Detail page
    Implementing pagination
    Creating a synchronized database in AIR
    Using server-side session data