dreamweaver issue

[ilikephp]

hello,

 

when I installed dreamweaver cs3, some php files are not displaying the design, but in the view code, I have the right information.

if I save my file with .html extension, I can view it but in with .php I can not see it in dreamweaver?

 

Could some one help me please?

 

Thanks in advance...

[wildteen88]

Dreamweaver wont parse your PHP code when you're in Design View. Instead you should setup a Site Definition and perform a Live Preview instead.

 

IMO Dreamwever should only be used for HTML/CSS. It has very limited tools for editing PHP scripts.

[ilikephp]

I had the version 8 and I did not change anything, just installed the cs3 version.

I made a site definition

 

any idea?

 

Thanks

[wildteen88]

Ive not used DW in a long time. but there should be a live preview button which should launch your web browser and open your website. This is the only way to preview your webpage layout that has PHP code.

[jcombs_31]

Just like he stated, you can not use the WYSIWYG for server side code, it will just show you a php tag but can't render the view.  CS4 has integrated a live view inside of dreamweaver, but other than that, you need to code in the code view and then view in a browser. 

 

As far as coding in dreamweaver, I use it for pretty much all of my php work.  It has pretty good highlighting and code completion which is really all I need in an editor. I've been working with dreamweaver for quite some time and I think it is a great development environment. People often look at it like another frontpage but there are some pretty nice features that have kept me using it for quite some time.