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bruceh67871735
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December 3, 2018
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Dreamweaver Won't Run index.php.

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I can open index.php in Dreamweaver and it's code appears in the lower section. But there is nothing in the upper Live section. I tried File>Device Preview>Chrome and I got four small squares that continually appear and disappear, and the cycle repeats indefinitely. I tried the URL: localhost\phptest and I get:" can't connect". phptest is the directory of index.php. (ie. C:\xampp\htdocs\phptest). I aslo tried the URL:localhost and I get the same thing. I did create a Local Testing Server. With that I get in the upper-right corner of the DW screen:

Site Testing Local Server 3 (c:\xampp\hrdocs\phptest) and the file name: index.php, but there is a question mark in front of it.

Any help is appreciated. -Bruce

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    bruceh67871735  wrote

    I can open index.php in Dreamweaver and it's code appears in the lower section. But there is nothing in the upper Live section. I tried File>Device Preview>Chrome and I got four small squares that continually appear and disappear, and the cycle repeats indefinitely. I tried the URL: localhost\phptest and I get:" can't connect". phptest is the directory of index.php. (ie. C:\xampp\htdocs\phptest). I aslo tried the URL:localhost and I get the same thing. I did create a Local Testing Server. With that I get in the upper-right corner of the DW screen:

    Site Testing Local Server 3 (c:\xampp\hrdocs\phptest) and the file name: index.php, but there is a question mark in front of it.

    Any help is appreciated. -Bruce

    Is the local server running?

    Can you connect to the file if you type the files localhost address directly in a browers url field?

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    osgood_Correct answer
    Legend
    December 3, 2018

    bruceh67871735  wrote

    I can open index.php in Dreamweaver and it's code appears in the lower section. But there is nothing in the upper Live section. I tried File>Device Preview>Chrome and I got four small squares that continually appear and disappear, and the cycle repeats indefinitely. I tried the URL: localhost\phptest and I get:" can't connect". phptest is the directory of index.php. (ie. C:\xampp\htdocs\phptest). I aslo tried the URL:localhost and I get the same thing. I did create a Local Testing Server. With that I get in the upper-right corner of the DW screen:

    Site Testing Local Server 3 (c:\xampp\hrdocs\phptest) and the file name: index.php, but there is a question mark in front of it.

    Any help is appreciated. -Bruce

    Is the local server running?

    Can you connect to the file if you type the files localhost address directly in a browers url field?

    bruceh67871735
    bruceh67871735Author
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    December 3, 2018

    I think the local testing server is running because at the upper-right side of the DW screen, the server name is listed along with the path to it, which is C:\xampp\htdocs\phptest

    :

    I have tried tying the following as a URL in Chrome, without success: http://localhost        http://localhost/phptest    and     http://localhost/xampp/htdocs/phptest

    pziecina
    pziecina
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    December 3, 2018

    Have you set up your site definition, and your testing server in Dw?

    Also are you using a wordpress site, or similar cms?

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