PHP, Dreamweaver and more

[heath]

First - thanks for the incredible tech support and attention to detail from futurequest.

A few questions:

Does anyone know how to allow dreamweaver to recognize php code?  For instance, this is okay:

<?
      view(&quot;little&quot;
    ?>

but this isn't:

<?php

//code

?>

Also - can anyone recommend a good resource for info on Cron jobs?

Also - what's the best way to back up my MySQL database?


Thanks again for all the wonderful help.


Heath

[andreas]

hi...

since php 3.04 you can use asp-tags like:


Code Sample:

<% echo (&quot;your php stuff&quot; %>

or you can use following tags:

Code Sample:

<script language=&quot;php&quot;> echo (&quot;your php stuff&quot; %> </script>

i use the last one and updated the &quot;script&quot;-object file (it´s insert the configuration/objects/invisible).

hth

greeting
a n d r e a s

[heath]

Is there any advantage over using the second way in dreamweaver other than you don't have little yello &quot;ASP&quot; markers all over the page?

Thanks for the help -- this was an easy fix

Heath

[andreas]

no.
it´s only another way to include php-code. there are not only the two above possibilities to include php-code.
look also at http://www.php.net/manual/language.basic-syntax.php3

i erased my &quot;insert script&quot; object-file (after a new system setup ), so i´ve to modify the original one at the weekend. if you are interested i can send it to you.

greeting
a n d r e a s

[This message has been edited by andreas (edited 08-26-99)]

[Dean B]

Andreas,
I'd be interested in the script object file.  I get annoyed with yellow markers everywhere as well.

Dean.

[heath]

Andreas -

Code Sample:
<% echo (&quot;your php stuff&quot; %>

doesn't work with the futurequest servers.  It kindly displays the entire script for the world to see.  

Not good.

If you could send the dreamweaver file, I would appreciate it, and a cursory glance of the dreamweaver usergroups wasn't much help.
 
Thanks for taking the time to respond...

Heath

[Justin]

ASP tags are turned off on our servers, as it seems unnecessary... it adds a tiny bit of extra overhead having just one more string to parse for, so it's turned off. Sorry

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Justin Nelson
FutureQuest Support

[Binky]

See news://forums.macromedia.com/macromedia.dreamweaver

[heath]

On a related note - what is the best/easiest way to
make parse .html as php?  

Can this be done with .htaccess or is it a modification I need to talk you guys into making in the Apache conf file?

Thanks

Heath

[Jacob Stetser]

Personally, I'd prefer to be able to use <% %> tags over the <SCRIPT ...></SCRIPT> tags.. I've almost never used the script style tags myself, as I prefer the short form.. <?php ?>, but a lot of editing programs would like me better if I had <% %>

Oh, tip for everyone - you shouldn't use plain <? ?> tags because they may conflict with XML, etc. <?php ?> is the XML compliant way of noting a PHP chunk.
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