Unable to connect Dreamweaver with mysqli

[martint12500299]

I am having hard time connecting to a sql database. I am using DW 19.1, Windows 10, Wampserver (all services running). I just build a simple DW-php form/code.

I am starting with two issues:

The very first line is looking for a wamp64.php file that has:

            $wamp64 = mysql_pconnect(.......), I am replacing with mysqli but DW is replacing that all the time with the original mysql sentence.

Second: I am trying with different PHP verion, but I am not able to get the databases.

Can anyone help me with the right environment to avoid all this annoying situation. Seems like PHP's dreamweaver is working with and old version and DW is not reading mysql. Any help highly appreciated

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[BenPleysier]

Have a look at 2 videos out of a series of videos that I made

1. Server side
2. Client side

[osgood_]

At the moment your best option if you dont want to invest a few hours learning how to write the code yourself, its dead easy really, is to move away from Dreamweaver and investigate Wappler,

It might be best suited if youre not looking to go very far in web development, ie someone who does this more as a hobby, has a limited amount of clients, whose job is not solely building websites, has no ambition to progress further than their own 'front door' so to speak.

I say this because it uses proprietory coding techniques which will limited your scope to progress and limit your options to seek help beyond its own forum. In all other ways its the best option right now for producing dynamically driven database websites if you fit into any of the categories mentioned, short of buying an extension for DW.

You have the information, you decide which fits best for you.

Edited.

Im not sure why we are going over this again as l see reading back over the thread much of the same information has already been supplied.

[Paul-M]

After all these comments, now we know Adobe is not giving a dime for DW.  Is any other app/tool that we can use to design forms, connect with the SQL database and do PHP?. Any input highly appreciated.

Your options are:

1) Learn how to code by hand

2) Use a third party extenion that works with Dreamweaver DMXZone have a suite of extenions for database connection, forms, login systems etc and so do Webassist

3) Look at moving to another program liken Wappler as osgood_  says