Hour 21. Beyond the Basics, Part 1: PHP in Expression Web 4

What You’ll Learn in This Hour:

• How to install PHP on your computer

• How to configure and use the Expression Development Server to test PHP scripts locally on your computer

• How to create a PHP-based email form

• How to use PHP to test whether form fields are filled out and that the email was successfully sent

If you have surfed the World Wide Web for any length of time, you probably noticed that not all web pages have the .html extension. When you visit more advanced sites, you often see that the filenames in the address bar end with .aspx, .php, or any number of other extensions. All these file types hint at the server-side technology that generates the pages.

Although Hypertext ...

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