If you are a web developer and you are always looking for useful applications to help you in your hard work as a programmer, then you will find out that PHPMaker can help you a lot. This is a great application that will make your work easier when you have to create web applications and dynamic web pages with PHP. Specifically, PHPMaker is a script generator that will let you manipulate data bases easily. In other words, you will be able to generate quick control panels (written in PHP) for a MySQL database.
Before starting to work with PHPMaker you will need a MySQL database, either on your PC or on a web host. PHPMaker then will extract tables and fields information and generate PHP scripts instantly based on this information. The application will generate a list page, a view page, edit page, delete page and search page all linked up properly.
To sum up, PHPMaker was created to offer you a greater flexibility in your web development job. It has many features that will let you create your web application according to your needs.
v11.0 [Jul 13, 2014]
What's New in PHPMaker 11
PHPMaker 11 is a major upgrade from 10.x. It is loaded with a bunch of new features, including many frequently requested ones. PHPMaker is probably the most powerful and flexible product of its kind, and yet still easy-to-use as always.
Responsive Layout with Bootstrap 3
Pages fit both desktop and mobile.
New implementations:
Mobile menu by Navbar
Search options by ButtonGroup
Optional Advanced Search form by Modal dialog
AutoSuggest by typeahead.js
Responsive table for main table in List page
Horizontal Form in Add/Edit/Update/Search/Register/Login page
Grid system
Responsive utilities
New Mobile Menu
Enhanced Bootstrap Navbar as mobile menu with multi-level submenu support.
Toolbar and Vector Icons with Tooltip
Compact breadcrumbs, export options, search options and language selection list (if multi-language) in one row to make more room for data. Most buttons come with vector icon and tooltip.
Vertical/Horizontal Menu with Submenu
Enhanced Bootstrap Dropdown as vertical menu and Navbar as horizontal menu with submenu on mouseover.
Vertical menu
Horizontal menu by Horizontal Menu extension (for registered users only)
Improved Theme with Bootstrap Variables
Allow customizing all Bootstrap variables right in the UI.
Advanced Search Modal Dialog
Optionally shows Advanced Search page in modal dialog.
Enhanced Quick Search
New "Auto" mode supporting "OR" operator and double quoted phrase for "Exact Match". Dropdown search options.
Improved Detail Preview Extension (for registered users only)
Add/Copy/Edit/Delete/View links for detail records in the preview page.
Colorbox
View full size images without leaving the page. Images for the fields allowing multiple upload will be displayed as groups.
Timepicker Extension (for registered users only)
Allows selecting time easily for Time fields.
PHPWord Extension (for registered users only)
Allows exporting data in native Word 2007 (.docx) format.
Export to Excel/Word/PDF/Email by Custom Template
Previously Custom Template can only used by Printer-Friendly, now it can also be used by Export to Excel/Word/PDF/Email (NOT including PHPExcel/PHPWord).
Improved Google Maps (Custom View Tags)
Supports showing multiple markers (from records in the page) in one single map.
Custom Files
Previous only one "blank page" is supported, now you can add multiple Custom Files to your project.
More Server Events
Grid_Inserting - For use with Grid-Add for a table and Master/Detail-Add for a detail table, fired before inserting records.
Grid_Inserted - For use with Grid-Add for a table and Master/Detail-Add for a detail table, fired after inserting all records.
Grid_Updating - For use with Grid-Edit for a table and Master/Detail-Edit for a detail table, fired before updating records.
Grid_Updated - For use with Grid-Edit for a table and Master/Detail-Edit for a detail table, fired after updating all records.
Page_Exporting - Fired before the page is exported.
Row_Export - Fired when a row is exported for exporting the row in custom code.
Page_Exported - Fired after the page is exported.
More Advanced Settings
Generate database helper - Generate a database helper for including in current or other project for simple access to the database and retrieving data
Use handlebars.js - For Custom Templates of typeahead.js
Export detail records in Master/Detail-View
Export detail records for CSV in Master/Detail-View
Oracle charset - For setting Oracle's NLS_COMP parameter
Oracle sort - For setting Oracle's NLS_SORT parameter
Auto-fill original value - For Auto-Fill by original (database) value instead of looked up value
Multiple file upload separator - Specify the file upload separator used to separate the file names
Use Colorbox for images
Use responsive layout
Use dropdown for button group in mobile - Use button dropdown instead of button group to save more spaces for data in mobile mode
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