PHP Live View

Question

I am a complete newbie to Dreamweaver CS6.  I have a site being developed in Notepad++ and every page is a PHP page.
When in DW, I can only view the page using the browser feature.  Can a PHP page be viewed using the design button and live view button or does it have to be viewed solely with the browser.
2nd question - where do I find great tutorials on DW CS6.
Thanks,  looking forward to using this great product.
GRant

Answer 1

A page that contains ONLY PHP would have no visual display, unless the PHP were writing to the screen.  In other words,
<?php
$foo=array(a=>'1', b=>'2');
?>
would show nothing in DW's Design viewor in DW's Live view.  On the other hand,
<?php
echo "Hello";
?>
would show "Hello" only in DW's Live view, and nothing (except the gold shield icon) in Design view.
But why not show us some of your code, and we'll tell you what you would expect to see in both Design and Live view.
Good DW tutorials are all over the place.  I'd start with those that are on the Adobe site (look for the dev center).