APPENDIX G
Setup for Sample PHP 
G
Site
Macromedia Dreamweaver 8 comes with sample PHP pages to let you 
build a small web application. This chapter describes one way to set up the 
sample application using Microsoft Internet Information Server (IIS). For 
more information on this web server, see 
 Installing a Web Server  
on page 231
. If you're using a different web server, see 
Chapter 23,  Setting 
Up a Web Application 
 in Using Dreamweaver.
If you're a Macintosh user, you can either connect to a remote PHP server 
or develop PHP sites locally using the Apache web server and PHP 
application server installed with your operating system. For setup 
information, see the following websites:
I
http://developer.apple.com/internet/opensource/php.html 
I
www.entropy.ch/software/macosx/php/
Setting up a web application is a three step process. First, configure your 
system. Second, define a Dreamweaver site. Third, connect the application 
to your database. This setup guide follows this three step process. 
This chapter contains the following sections:
Setup checklists for PHP developers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  302
Configuring your system (PHP)  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  302
Defining a Dreamweaver site (PHP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .311
Connecting to the sample database (PHP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315
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