APPENDIX G

Setup for Sample PHP 

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Site

Macromedia Dreamweaver 8 comes with sample PHP pages to let you 

build a small web application. This chapter describes one way to set up the 

sample application using Microsoft Internet Information Server (IIS). For 

more information on this web server, see 

 Installing a Web Server  

on page 231

. If you're using a different web server, see 

Chapter 23,  Setting 

Up a Web Application 

 in Using Dreamweaver.

If you're a Macintosh user, you can either connect to a remote PHP server 

or develop PHP sites locally using the Apache web server and PHP 

application server installed with your operating system. For setup 

information, see the following websites:

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http://developer.apple.com/internet/opensource/php.html 

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www.entropy.ch/software/macosx/php/

Setting up a web application is a three step process. First, configure your 

system. Second, define a Dreamweaver site. Third, connect the application 

to your database. This setup guide follows this three step process. 

This chapter contains the following sections:

Setup checklists for PHP developers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  302

Configuring your system (PHP)  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  302

Defining a Dreamweaver site (PHP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .311

Connecting to the sample database (PHP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315

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