Setup Checklists For Php Developers; Configuring Your System (Php) - MACROMEDIA DREAMWEAVER 8-GETTING STARTED WITH DREAMWEAVER Getting Started

302 Setup for Sample PHP Site
Setup checklists for PHP
developers
To set up a web application, you must configure your system, define a
Dreamweaver site, and connect to a database. This section provides
checklists for each task. The tasks are described in more detail in the rest of
the chapter.
Configure your system:
1.
Make sure you have a web server.
2.
Install the PHP application server.
3.
Test your installation.
4.
Create a root folder.
Define a Dreamweaver site:
1.
Copy the sample files to a folder on your hard disk.
2.
Define the folder as a Dreamweaver local folder.
3.
Define a web server folder as a Dreamweaver remote folder.
4.
Specify a folder to process dynamic pages.
5.
Upload the sample files to the web server.
Connect to the database:
1.
Create a sample MySQL database.
2.
Create the connection in Dreamweaver.

Configuring your system (PHP)

You must configure your system before you can run PHP pages on it.
Specifically, you must make sure a web server and a PHP application server
are installed and running on your system, and then you must create a root
folder for your PHP files.