Setting up Dreamweaver CS4 with PHP testing server... Live View doesnt work

Hello,
Im trying to setup Dreamweaver CS4 with a php website im
making. Ive setup the site information, and provided a testing site
(XAMPP), and i can see the fully rendered .php pages in the Live
View tab. However, say i change some of the text in the .php file
(say from Hello to Hi) and
then click in the Live View tab - the page does not update. It
seems to do something, bit just returns the same.
How do i set it up so, like with plain .html pages, you can
make a change to the source code and instantly see the change in
Live View?
(At the moment i have to make the change to the source code,
save it, click Live View to cancel it, and then click Live View
again).
Background:
Ive setup XAMPP (G:\XAMPP\)
Ive setup vhosts in apache.
Ive stored my websites in G:\Websites
Ive set the testing server to G:\Websites\site, where "site"
is setup as a vhost and correctly displays when entered into a
browser.
Ive set the url prefix to
http://site/
Ive set local root to G:\Websites\site
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Cheers.

> How do i set it up so, like with plain .html pages, you
can make a change
> to
> the source code and instantly see the change in Live
View?
Did you try using F5 to refresh the page? If that doesn't
work for you,
then you'll have to drop and restart Live view. No need to
save and reload
the page.
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"Major_Disaster" <[email protected]> wrote
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news:gibqir$lgu$[email protected]..
> Hello,
>
> Im trying to setup Dreamweaver CS4 with a php website im
making. Ive setup
> the
> site information, and provided a testing site (XAMPP),
and i can see the
> fully
> rendered .php pages in the Live View tab. However, say i
change some of
> the
> text in the .php file (say from Hello
to Hi) and then click
> in
> the Live View tab - the page does not update. It seems
to do something,
> bit
> just returns the same.
>
> How do i set it up so, like with plain .html pages, you
can make a change
> to
> the source code and instantly see the change in Live
View?
>
> (At the moment i have to make the change to the source
code, save it,
> click
> Live View to cancel it, and then click Live View again).
>
> Background:
> Ive setup XAMPP (G:\XAMPP\)
> Ive setup vhosts in apache.
> Ive stored my websites in G:\Websites
> Ive set the testing server to G:\Websites\site, where
"site" is setup as a
> vhost and correctly displays when entered into a
browser.
> Ive set the url prefix to
http://site/
> Ive set local root to G:\Websites\site
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Cheers.
>

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