XAMPP connection with dreamweaver

[Deepak M]

Dear Community,

I downloaded the latest version of apache xampp phpmyadmin, but am unable to get it to work properly with dreamweaver. But when I use an older version of xampp 5.6.3 from nov 2014 the connection works fine.

Does anyone know why this is?

Thanks

[Jon Fritz]

It depends on what you're doing.

The newest installations of PHP won't work with DW's old Server Behaviors and database connection scripts (from CS6 and earlier). Rather than rewrite those scripts to function in modern installations of PHP, Adobe chose to eliminate them from the program.

If that's the problem you're having, you'll need to manually rewrite your connection scripts, in PDO or MySQLi, or purchase an extension for DW from a third party extension developer.

If that's not the issue, could you please explain a bit more of your workflow, what's actually happening, any error messages, etc?

[Deepak M]

Hi Jon,

Thank you for taking time to reply.

I'm a beginner to coding. I think  your absolutely right in what your saying, but just to be sure the best way i can explain it to you is.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=740kEwoRPKk

I was working through this short online tutorial, when i downloaded latest  version of  xampp my connections did not work, but a previous version did. xampp version 5.6.3

Should i use another application like wamp or is the something elese that works better with dreamweaver?

Thanks again for your time.

[Jon Fritz]

The method DW CS6 used is no longer considered secure and should not be used in a modern site. 

Most hosting companies will be using the more updated versions of PHP anyway, so your site won't work online either.

You'll be better off using a tutorial that shows you how to manually work with PDO or MySQLi instead of trying to work with programmed functions that are 9 years and 9 versions removed from"current".

CS6 was a good version of DW, but as time goes by, more and more hand-coding comes into play as the internet evolves past it.

[Deepak M]

Understand, thank you Jon

[Jon Fritz]

 DMXZone and WebAssist are two companies that offer paid extensions for DW that duplicate the obsolete functions Adobe took out, with modernized code.

[Deepak M]

Hi Jon,

Do you suggest i unistall the old server behaviour that is available on Adobe for DW and obtain one of the one's you suggested?

[Paul-M]

Yes, and if you are familiar with the old server behaviors the webassist option is going to be more familair. The DMXzone ones have a steeper lerning curve..

[Deepak M]

thank you so much

[Deepak M]

Jon, 

My ultimate aim is to create an app myself for my business.

Appreciate it may be out of your expertise, but in your opinion am i ok creating it using DW or is there another application that i can use to create specialised app?

[Deepak M]

Hi Jon, 

is it this that i buy http://www.webassist.com/product/mysqli 

[Nancy OShea]

Yes.  Use WebAssist's MySQLi (improved) extension to replace the old DW Server Behaviors.

The latest XAMPP is probably running  PHP 7 or higher, not old PHP 5.6.  But please find out which version of PHP your remote server has first.  It's important to develop apps in a compatible server environment.

Create a new, blank document and paste the following code into it. 

SaveAs test.php and upload to your server to run it. 

<?php phpinfo() ?>

[Deepak M]

Hi Nanacy,

is it the link that i sent previously to Jon, or if you can , please send me the link so i purchase the right one.

Thank you

[Nancy OShea]

Yes, that's the correct extension.

[Deepak M]

thank you

[Paul-M]

Webassist extensions will be much easier to learn, especially if you have experience with the old dreamweaber server behaviors

[Paul-M]

If you are on Windows I'd give EasyPHP a try instead...

[Deepak M]

Thank you Paul