Canadiengland Posted November 5, 2006 Share Posted November 5, 2006 Having a bit of trouble here. Here's what I did so far.Followed tutorials on how to install Apache 2.2.3 http server, MySQL, and PHP.Dreamweaver 8 doesn't recognize the php language, and it turns red, like so[color=red]<?php [/color] I'm fairly sure I set everything up right. My preferences for MySQL and PHP have been set to apache server 2.2 - maybe this is the wrong one? Any help is appreciated. Thanks!1. Sorry if this is an idiotic question, just beginning to learn.2. I searched around and didn't find anything that worked - hence why I started this thread! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trq Posted November 5, 2006 Share Posted November 5, 2006 Id'e assume if dreamweaver isn't recognising php, its a Dreamweaver problem. Dreamweaver really has nothing at all to do with php or apache its a text editor with a bit of extra bloat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canadiengland Posted November 5, 2006 Author Share Posted November 5, 2006 ok - what do you suggest i use then - front page? I can't just use a text editor - not that skilled in html for layout and tables and whatnot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trq Posted November 6, 2006 Share Posted November 6, 2006 Nothing wrong with using Dreamweaver... all Im saying is this isn't a php problem. Maybe ask on a dreamweaver board why Dreamweaver isn't recognising php code, it should. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carterhost Posted December 31, 2006 Share Posted December 31, 2006 This is just DW's default colour-coding for PHP Script Block Delimiters in code view. It doesn't mean DW doesn't recognise it. If Red still alarms you, go to Edit->Preferences->Code Coloring , then click "Edit coloring Scheme" and find "PHP Script Block Delimiter" in the 'Styles for:' list. Then Change the 'Text Color' option. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wildteen88 Posted December 31, 2006 Share Posted December 31, 2006 is it just the php tags that show up red?like so:[color=red]<?php?>[/color]If so that doesn't mean PHP is not recognised. That is the code colouring for the PHP tags. Also when you go to create a new file make sure you select PHP Script and not HTML script. If you use HTML people wont recognise PHP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weknowtheworld Posted January 6, 2007 Share Posted January 6, 2007 I think make a working php script in notepad and then open in dreamweaver 8 and you will get what dreamweaver wants to say to you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbrimlow Posted January 23, 2007 Share Posted January 23, 2007 First, PHP tags in DW are red. Forms are orange, functions are blue, variables are black and conditionals are green. You can change the colors in the preferences, but my advice is to leave them alone. It works.>>Also when you go to create a new file make sure you select PHP Script and not HTML script. If you use HTML people wont recognise PHP.<<Actually, not true. When you click create new, and select either "basic" html or "dynamic" php, it will create the same starting page. (I always use the xhtml tranitional DType):[code]<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" /><title>Untitled Document</title></head><body></body></html>[/code]The only difference is when you go to save it, it defaults to either "untitled-1.html" or "untitled-1.php"BUT, you can save any existing html page to .php and start adding php code.So long as you SAVE the file as .php, it doesn't matter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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