are there php differences from dreamweaver 8 to 11.5?

I had the same problem and found a simple answer on this forum. The answer I received is from  Murray *ACP*

"The symptoms you describe are almost always related to a mismatch between the linebreak type in the code and the native linebreak type on the server.  Check your DW PREFERENCES and see what you have specified under Code Format > Line break type:.  That should match the SERVER's usages."

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Nov 15, 2011 6:21 PM

Dreamweaver striping out the returns and white space from files uploaded to my server

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Yes the PHP is different.

Which PHP version does your server have?  Your scripts need to be compatible with your server's PHP.

If they're not, you may need to have your host upgrade the PHP & MySql for you.

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I would like to add to this discussion. Uploading files in Dreamweaver CS5.5 seems to compress all the html and php by removing spaces and returns. The result creates broken php.

I thought it might be caused by the FTP Performance Optimization option on the testing server, but that has not been the case. When I disabled this option, the compression continued to occur. It's not evident on the local server, because it happens on upload. Anyone know why?