Editing PHP in Dreamweaver

Hi although I not new to Dreamweaver I am new to PHP files. How do you edit PHP files within Dreamweaver. For example, in an existing PHP file where I want to insert a picture/graphic it puts it elsewhere and then I have to move it?
Thanks!
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Canned Heat wrote:
> How do I go about editing zen cart php in Dreamweaver in
the design
> wysiwyg view? Can it be done? If not, edit with what?
You can try to click on the "live data view" icon on the top
bar of page window.
But I don't think you can *change* live data view in design
view, i.e. drag the edge of a PHP
generated div to make it wider. You'll need to edit PHP in
the code.
seb ( [email protected])
http://webtrans1.com | high-end web
design
Downloads: Slide Show, Directory Browser, Mailing List

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Can't edit php files in dreamweaver, access to site root denied

Can anyone help me please?
I've recently purchased a Macbook Pro after my PCs failed on me and also had to get a Creative Suite Web Premium. I have always used Dreamweaver to edit my php files. In Windows XP, I had to run the programme to run as an Administrator to edit php files. Now I have not a clue how to do it on Mac! Each time I tried to save a php file, a dialog box appear stating: Access to Macintosh
HD:Library:Webserver:Documents:Untitled-1.php was denied
Regards
Sinead

You shouldn't have to do that on the Mac or Windows. Only thing I could find that would suggest loading files from there is a tutorial by David. And although I would normally agree with him, keeping the files in a system library folder for a testing environment is really unnecessary. I'd recommend moving them into your /Users/{username}/Sites folder. There is already a modification to the apache server to recognize that as http://localhost/~{username}. Or install something like MAMP that is in the Applications folder.

Edit PHP pages in WYSIWYG {subject truncated by moderator}

HELP! How do I edit PHP website files in a WYSIWYG format? In others words, I am able to edit static HTML where I can see my changes occur as I edit them. With PHP files it doesn't render as such. HELP!
I am a beginner user but good enough to make edits to my HTML website. I just open the HTML file, make WYSIWYG changes and save them then use filezilla to upload to my server and boom changes are made.
Right now I was just given a php site and I want to make basic edits such as expanding the navigation menu, adding more links, pages to the nav menu etc and cannot get Dreamweaver to act like it does with HTML or SHTML files. Why? How can I fix this so that I can edit my PHP files with the same ease as HTML?
Thanks a ton!

PHP is code view only. To work with dynamic sites (php, server-side includes & MySql databases), you need to set-up a local PHP environment on your computer.
Get one of these local testing servers for your OS and follow the installation instructions.
WAMP for Windows - http://www.wampserver.com/en/
XAMPP for Windows - http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp-windows.html
XAMPP for Mac - http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp-macosx.html
MAMP for Mac - http://www.mamp.info/en/downloads/index.html
Setting up a PHP environment in Dreamweaver
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/dreamweaver/articles/setup_php.html
Building your first dynamic website – Part 1: Setting up your site and database connection
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/dreamweaver/articles/first_dynamic_site_pt1.html
Nancy O.

Zen Cart - how to edit php

How do I go about editing zen cart php in Dreamweaver in the
design
wysiwyg view? Can it be done? If not, edit with what?

Canned Heat wrote:
> How do I go about editing zen cart php in Dreamweaver in
the design
> wysiwyg view? Can it be done? If not, edit with what?
You can try to click on the "live data view" icon on the top
bar of page window.
But I don't think you can *change* live data view in design
view, i.e. drag the edge of a PHP
generated div to make it wider. You'll need to edit PHP in
the code.
seb ( [email protected])
http://webtrans1.com | high-end web
design
Downloads: Slide Show, Directory Browser, Mailing List

DW crashes when editing PHP

Any time I try to edit my dynamic pages, Dreamweaver keeps
shutting down with the following error sig:
Error Signature:
AppName: dreamweaver.exe AppVer: 9.0.0.3481 ModName:
dreamweaver.exe
ModVer: 9.0.0.3481 Offset: 002dab57

Here's the code
<?php
include('includes/protect.php');
include('includes/db.php');
if(isset($_GET['del'])){
$del = intval($_GET['del']);
mysql_query("delete from news where id = ".$del);
if(isset($_GET['disable'])){
$disable = intval($_GET['disable']);
mysql_query("update news set active = 0 where id =
".$disable);
if(isset($_GET['enable'])){
$enable = intval($_GET['enable']);
mysql_query("update news set active = 1 where id =
".$enable);
$yearlower = $_GET['year'];
$_SESSION['newsyear'] = $_GET['year'];
$_SESSION['newssort'] = $_GET['sort'];
?>
<?php include('header.php');?>
<table width="100%" id="brieflist">
<td colspan="2"><h2>Manage News Stories
</h2></td>
<td colspan="2">
<select class="option"
name="otheryear" id="otheryear">
<option <?php if (($_GET['year']) == 2007)
{?>selected="selected" <?php
;}?>value="news.php?year=2007&sort=<?php echo
$_GET['sort'];?>">2007</option>
<option <?php if (($_GET['year']) == 2006)
{?>selected="selected" <?php
;}?>value="news.php?year=2006&sort=<?php echo
$_GET['sort'];?>">2006</option>
<option <?php if (($_GET['year']) == 2005)
{?>selected="selected" <?php
;}?>value="news.php?year=2005&sort=<?php echo
$_GET['sort'];?>">2005</option>
<option <?php if (($_GET['year']) == 'all')
{?>selected="selected" <?php
;}?>value="news.php?year=all&sort=<?php echo
$_GET['sort'];?>">All</option>
</select>
</td>
<tr>
<td colspan="4">
 
<a href="news-add.php">Add News Story </a>
<hr />
 

</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td class="columnhead"><a class="columnhead"
href="<?php echo $PHP_SELF;?>?year=<?php echo
$_GET['year']?>&sort=headline">Headline</a></td>
<td class="columnhead"><a class="columnhead"
href="<?php echo $PHP_SELF;?>?year=<?php echo
$_GET['year']; ?>&sort=newsdate">Article
Date</a></td>
<td
class="columnhead"> Actions</td>
<td align="right" class="columnhead"><a
class="columnhead" href="<?php echo
$PHP_SELF;?>?year=<?php echo $_GET['year'];
?>&sort=active">Status</a></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="4"> </td>
</tr>
<tr><td colspan="4"><hr
/></td></tr>
<?php
// status, date, or headline
if ($_GET['sort'] == "newsdate") {
$dateon = 1;
$statuson = 0;
$headlineon = 0;
} elseif ($_GET['sort'] == "active") {
$dateon = 0;
$statuson = 1;
$headlineon = 0;
} elseif ($_GET['sort'] == "headline") {
$dateon = 0;
$statuson = 0;
$headlineon = 1;
// sorting rules
if ($statuson == 1) {
$status = " asc, newsdate desc, lastupdate desc";
if ($dateon == 1) {
$status = " desc, lastupdate desc";
if ($headlineon == 1) {
$status = " asc";
// if all years selected
if ($_GET['year'] == 'all') {
$yearlower = 0000;
$yearplus = 9999;
} else {
$yearplus = $yearlower;
$get_briefs = mysql_query("select
id,headline,active,newsdate,gbcpr,tpaapr,lastupdate from news where
newsdate >= DATE '".$yearlower."-00-00' AND newsdate <= DATE
'".$yearplus."-99-99' order by ".$_GET['sort'].$status);
$count = 0;
while($brief = mysql_fetch_array($get_briefs)){
$count++;
?>
<tr>

<td width="500" valign="bottom"><a href="news-edit.php?id=<?php
echo $brief['id'];?>"><?php echo
$brief['headline'];?></a></td>

<td width="80" valign="bottom" align="center">
<?php
$newsdate = strtotime($brief['newsdate']);
echo date('M j, Y', $newsdate);
?>
</td>

<td width="100" valign="bottom" align="center"> <a
href="news-edit.php?id=<?php echo
$brief['id'];?>">Edit</a> | <a href="<?php echo
$PHP_SELF;?>?year=<?php echo
$_GET['year'];?>&sort=<?php echo
$_GET['sort'];?>&del=<?php echo $brief['id'];?>"
onclick="confirm('Are you sure?');return confirm('Are you REALLY
sure?');">Delete</a>

</td>

<td valign="bottom" align="center"> "draft"<?php ;} echo "status";
?> ><?php if($brief['active']==1){?><a
href="<?php echo $PHP_SELF;?>?year=<?php echo
$_GET['year']?>&sort=<?php echo
$_GET['sort'];?>&disable=<?php echo
$brief['id'];?>">published</a><?php }else{?><a
class="draft" href="<?php echo $PHP_SELF;?>?year=<?php
echo $_GET['year']?>&sort=<?php echo
$_GET['sort'];?>&enable=<?php echo
$brief['id'];?>">draft</a><?php }?>
</td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="4"><hr
/></td></tr>
<?php }?>
</table>
<?php include('footer.php');?>

Using PHP with Dreamweaver and Contribute

I work for a small to medium government agency and we are re-vamping our website. Money and staff are very minimal here, so any hope of one or two full-time people managing the entire website, or of purchasing a content management system, are totally out of the question.
My question is: for a group of people that are capable of using either Adobe Contribute or Dreamweaver in Design View only, are there any disadvantages or problems with using PHP?
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Does anyone know of a reason why we couldn't build the site using very simple, limited PHP and allow people to edit it using Dreamweaver design view and Adobe Contribute?
Thanks for any thoughts or suggestions that you can provide!
P.S. We have also considered Dreamweaver templates, and so far that isn't working, due to the multi-login setup that we have.
P.S.S. Although I do decently in HTML and CSS and a teeny bit of JS, I know nearly nothing about PHP, other than this: <?php include("header.php"); ?>

You can use that extension if you like. You need to make sure that your page that has the SSI have an extension that will process the scripts as mentioned above.
.shtml, .php
I always name my SSI so I know that they are includes.
header.inc.html
header.inc.php
header.inc.txt as examples.
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A good simple test is to add a SSI to a page.
Do something simple like.
Welcome to our website
Name it welcome.inc.php
Then include it in a page, upload it to the webserver and visit the page.
I am using contribute for people to update areas of our website (hate it) and I manage the overall website myself.

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Editing text in Dreamweaver CS4 on Mac 10.6.2 causes paragraph ends to disapear

Editing text in Dreamweaver CS4 on Mac 10.6.2 causes paragraph ends to disappear.
When adding bold in design view (strong) to two words at the start of my paragraph the last line of the paragraph disappears. This is somewhat worrying as it means any editing I do in dreamweaver could do massive amounts of damage to the content.
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of the php code dreamweaver just freezes. I have turned off
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See if this TechNote helps:
Dreamweaver crashes when accessing help system when Internet
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installed
http://www.adobe.com/go/6d7a2c59
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Adobe Product Support

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can anyone tell me how to use dreamweaver to edit websites that are not made in dreamweaver??....plz help.....

Dreamweaver works on local files. To edit any website (even those not made in DW - after all, it's all HTML), you would first need to have a DW site defined with a local root folder, then you'd need to get the files (and their dependent files) into that local root folder, and finally you can then edit those files using DW. Ordinarily, this requires some FTP connection to the remote site so that you can not only GET the remote files but also PUT them back once you have edited them. Dreamweaver has the ability to do this - when you define your site you also specify the FTP connection details.
I suggest you also use DW's F1 Help to read about defining a site.

The changes i made to an exisiting php in dreamweaver have not gone onto the live website?

The changes i made to an exisiting php in dreamweaver have not gone onto the live website? Does anyone know how to make this go live?

teaganmaddocks wrote:
The changes i made to an exisiting php in dreamweaver have not gone onto the live website? Does anyone know how to make this go live?
Not sure what changes you made so this is a wild guessing game.
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Hello all,
As always if the answers to these questions are obscenely
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software and am then unable to find it on my Mac, the startup files
are there but the actual MySql data appears to not be installed
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M.A.Wilson wrote:
> However, I have been following the installation
directions of MySql and am
> running into problems. I am installing the relavent
software and am then unable
> to find it on my Mac, the startup files are there but
the actual MySql data
> appears to not be installed despite my computer telling
me it is...... I am
> using a G3 running OSX 10.4 is this good enough? I
noticed talk of needing a
> PowerPC or Intel mac. Is this the case?
MySQL is a relational database management system that
comprises a
database server and several utility programs. Although you
install it
like any other program on a Mac, the similarity stops there.
First, the point about PowerPC and Intel Macs is that there
are
different versions of the MySQL installer for each type of
processor.
I'm pretty sure that a G3 is OK, but you must choose the
PowerPC version
of MySQL, not the 64-bit or x86 (Intel Mac) version.
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MySQL.PrefPane icon
from the disk image onto your System Preferences. This
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experience, it doesn't work on Tiger. You need to open the
Preference
Pane, and click Start MySQL Server each time you start your
computer.
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PC and Mac.
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http://foundationphp.com/dreamweaver8/
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http://foundationphp.com/

Launch and edit problem from Dreamweaver to Fireworks

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Hi
Not sure if this is a Fireworks or Dreamweaver problem but
here goes.
I¹ve created a graphic in Fireworks CS3 on the Mac and
Exported the HTML and
related images. I open the HTML file in Dreamweaver CS3, all
fine so far.
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Fireworks¹ button and it
throws up a warning dialogue saying Cannot launch and
edit. The Fireworks
table could not be found in the HTML. Please export from
Fireworks and
re-import the HTML into Dreamweaver.¹
What?!!
I¹ve only just exported it from Fireworks! It¹s
even got the Fireworks table
code in the Code section, so what¹s going here?
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Gaz
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>
Not sure if this is a Fireworks or Dreamweaver problem but
here goes. 
I’ve created a graphic in Fireworks CS3 on the Mac
and Exported the H=
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CS3, all fine so=
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Dreamweaver.’ 
What?!! 
I’ve only just exported it from Fireworks!
It’s even got the Fi=
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going here? 
 
Has anyone else had this? 
 
Gaz
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When you export the sliced graphics from Fireworks it places
them into a
table. In my instance the code says...

So it recognises Fireworks was the the graphics app and jumps
back to it
when you want to edit the image. Fireworks then displays (or
should) a
Done¹ button over the window. You do your alts and
press Done to update the
HTML and graphics back in Dreamweaver automatically.
That¹s the only table I was referring to Murray.
On 4/7/07 3:02 pm, in article
[email protected], "Murray
*ACE*" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Why would you be wanting to edit the table in a graphics
editor, instead of
> an HTML editor?
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into a table. I=
n my instance the code says... 
 
 
 
So it recognises Fireworks was the the graphics app and jumps
back to it wh=
en you want to edit the image. Fireworks then displays (or
should) a ‘=
Done’ button over the window. You do your alts and
press Done to updat=
e the HTML and graphics back in Dreamweaver
automatically. 
That’s the only table I was referring to
Murray. 
 
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Convert DW html pages to PHP in Dreamweaver CS4

Created web pages in DWCS4 in html but discovered because I need some form pages to interact with MySQL that I should have created pages using DW PHP format. Is there a simple way to convert all html pages to php using dreamweaver CS4? OS is Win XP. Have access to hosting company with MySQL, PHP,PHPAdmin.

I would recommend against Nancy's suggestion here (and it's REALLY weird to see myself typing that).
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However, if you change the file extension from within the Files tab instead, DW will update any pages that link to it automatically.

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Hi Everyone,
I am having Issues editing Layouts using Dreamweaver CS4 (ShopOnline). May be someone has encounter this problem. When I open the large_product.html in dreamweaver (after installing the extension for BC) the file opens, but when I go to the property inspector, I can not modify any of the css rules currently defined and no css is linked to this file. I looked at all the available css's and I could not find any with the defined rules in this page.
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It must be a module template layout that is being used. If you're on the latest interface it's under
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and if you're on the older interface it's
Ecommerce > Products > Advanced Layout customization (under the “related” box at the bottom right)

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