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Developing WML applications using PHP

Vivek Malhotra, Wireless Technology Expert
Vivek Malhotra is a wireless technology expert based in the Washington D.C. area. Vivek has several years of experience developing and implementing wireless applications and has spoken on expert panels focusing on the wireless industry. You can contact Vivek with any questions you might have about the content of this tutorial.

Summary:  When you're working with the Wireless Markup Language, you should know that it can get more dynamic with the use of PHP. Contributor Vivek Malhotra takes you through sample Hypertext Preprocessor tasks. After following this free, dW-exclusive tutorial, which contains detailed sample code, you'll be able to create dynamic wireless and Web pages.

Date:  19 Mar 2002
Level:  Introductory
PDF:  A4 and Letter (50 KB | 16 pages)Get Adobe® Reader®

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About this tutorial

Who should take this tutorial?

The course is intended for developers and technical managers who want to get an overview and understanding of WML application development using PHP.

Introduction to the tutorial

PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor (PHP) is an open source server-side scripting language that can be used to dynamically create Wireless Markup Language (WML) based applications. This tutorial provides an introduction to developing dynamic WML applications using PHP to serve WAP-enabled wireless devices.

Prerequisites

You should be familiar with basic PHP, WML, and MySQL.

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