Wamp V2 - Dreamweaver MX (6.1) DB Connections

Report · Jan 06, 2009

Just for the record, if anyone is trying to develop using DW MX (V6.1) with a LOCAL Apache server (V2.2.x), running PHP v5.x.x and mySql uder Windows, it is likely that you will get problems generating database connections.
I spent a frustrating few days chasing down an "an unidentified error has occurred" message when trying to connect to a mySQL DB that I knew was good..
The solution is simple - in Wamp, select PHP/PHP settings and set the "register long arrays" setting.
The underlying problem is that $HTTP_POST_VARS was deprecated in PHP V5 needs the above setting to function as designed in the code inserted into PHP code under MX (v6.1).
Alternatively, use PHP v2.0 and Apache V4

YY

Report · Jan 06, 2009

yydelilah wrote:
> Just for the record, if anyone is trying to develop using DW MX (V6.1) with a
> LOCAL Apache server (V2.2.x), running PHP v5.x.x and mySql uder Windows, it is
> likely that you will get problems generating database connections.
> I spent a frustrating few days chasing down an "an unidentified error has
> occurred" message when trying to connect to a mySQL DB that I knew was good..
> The solution is simple - in Wamp, select PHP/PHP settings and set the
> "register long arrays" setting.
> The underlying problem is that $HTTP_POST_VARS was deprecated in PHP V5 needs
> the above setting to function as designed in the code inserted into PHP code
> under MX (v6.1).
> Alternatively, use PHP v2.0 and Apache V4
>
> YY

Or upgrade Dreamweaver to a version that isn't ancient ;)

Dooza