Re: php and Dreamweaver (How To)

At 05:25 AM 7/10/01 +0100, Michael wrote:

Hi I have dreamweaver 3 installed and would like to know how I can integrate php code into it and then get to see it running in my browser. If possible I would also like to be able to connect to an already established Microsoft Access database, is this possible. I am very new to php and would be grateful for any pointers that you can give me. Kind Regards Krysia

First off, you're looking at PHP from the point of a client-side designer (a very common mistake). PHP runs off of a server, not off of your browser. You need a web server program in order to "see" the PHP files, or more accurately stated, the output of the PHP files (which renders as normal HTML). Fortunately, many free servers out there exist, such as Microsoft Personal Web Server and/or Apache. You also have to configure these servers to run PHP (not a completely easy task, but not difficult either). I'd suggest looking at http://www.php.net/manual/en/installation.php to learn how to install PHP. As far as the Access goes, yes you can, but you need to configure it through ODBC. Check out http://www.php.net/FAQ.php#4.2. John Meyer john_meyer@geocities.com Programmer If we didn't have Microsoft, we'd have to blame ourselves for all of our programs crashing