Recordset at localhost

Question

Hi there.
I'm trying to create a site in DreamWeaver with a connection
to a MySQL DataBase. But i don't have much knowledge about PHP, My
Sql or Apache.
So, what i'm trying to do is, first of all, creating a
recordset. And all starts here. I'm working locally. When i have
things all set, then i upload it to the server via FTP.
I have Wamp installed, so Apache, PHP and MySql are running
(i have also a couple of sites running fine on this machine with
local MySql DB, tough they weren't created by me). When i try to
create a Recordset all goes well except the third step ("set up the
site's testing server"). When i define the directories and the URL
prefix and click ok, nothing happens. The 'Setup Instructions'
window just stay there showing the 3 steps with the first and
second step with a mark, except this last one.
My Site Definitions:
Local Info:
Site Name: 'mysite'
Local Root Folder: 'C:\wamp\www\mysite\'
Default Images: 'C:\wamp\www\mysite\images\'
HTTP Adress: '
http://localhost/mysite/'
Remote Info:
Access: 'Local/Network'
Remote Folder: 'C:\wamp\www\mysite\'
Testing Server
Server Model: 'PHP MySql'
Access: 'Local/Network'
Testing Server Folder: 'C:\wamp\www\mysite\'
URL Prefix: '
http://localhost/mysite/'
I have:
Apache version : Apache/1.3.33 (Win32)
PHP version : 5.0.4
MySQL version : 4.1.10a-nt - extension : mysqli
Windows XP Professional
Are these definitions right? Anybody can put me on the right
track?
Thanks for your attention ;)

Answer 1

I haven't used WAMP, but I have used XAMPP and the documents
have to be in
C:\Program Files\xampp\htdocs\nameofsite\ .. point being that
Apache uses
htdocs as the default for storing the displays on the server.
I'm surprised
if the default for Apache is www rather than htdocs.
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"tubarao21" <[email protected]> wrote in
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> Hi there.
>
> I'm trying to create a site in DreamWeaver with a
connection to a MySQL
> DataBase. But i don't have much knowledge about PHP, My
Sql or Apache.
> So, what i'm trying to do is, first of all, creating a
recordset. And all
> starts here. I'm working locally. When i have things all
set, then i
> upload it
> to the server via FTP.
> I have Wamp installed, so Apache, PHP and MySql are
running (i have also a
> couple of sites running fine on this machine with local
MySql DB, tough
> they
> weren't created by me). When i try to create a Recordset
all goes well
> except
> the third step ("set up the site's testing server").
When i define the
> directories and the URL prefix and click ok, nothing
happens. The 'Setup
> Instructions' window just stay there showing the 3 steps
with the first
> and
> second step with a mark, except this last one.
>
> My Site Definitions:
>
> Local Info:
> Site Name: 'mysite'
> Local Root Folder: 'C:\wamp\www\mysite\'
> Default Images: 'C:\wamp\www\mysite\images\'
> HTTP Adress: '
http://localhost/mysite/'
>
> Remote Info:
> Access: 'Local/Network'
> Remote Folder: 'C:\wamp\www\mysite\'
>
> Testing Server
> Server Model: 'PHP MySql'
> Access: 'Local/Network'
> Testing Server Folder: 'C:\wamp\www\mysite\'
> URL Prefix: '
http://localhost/mysite/'
>
> I have:
> Apache version : Apache/1.3.33 (Win32)
> PHP version : 5.0.4
> MySQL version : 4.1.10a-nt - extension : mysqli
> Windows XP Professional
>
> Are these definitions right? Anybody can put me on the
right track?
>
> Thanks for your attention ;)
>