OS X / Apache 1.3.29 and PHP pages problem

preview not possible

[kelly001]

Hi,

I am trying to develop a dynamic site hosted locally on my Mac running OS 10.3.3 I have enabled PHP Version 4.3.2 and Apache 1.3.29. and both seem to be running from what i can tell. Apache shows a default page at [127.0.0.1...] and PHP shows the same at [127.0.0.1...]
I'm using Dreamweaver MX 6.1 with MySQL. I am able to connect to the database without any problem.

However, when I try to preview one of the site's pages in IE or Safari I get "the request URL /TMPacifg6yv5.php was not found on this server"

What could be causing this?

[kelly001]

One thing I noticed too is that when I try to do a "Live Data" view of a PHP page I also run into an error. It tells me "HTTP error 404 (file not found) occured while attempting to request the file [127.0.0.1...] from testing server."
What is going on with this? Is this related?

[BjarneDM]

Where are you serving your website from:
- the 'Sites' folder in your home directory?
- the global website folder in /Library/Webserver?

The PHP test URL indicates that you are using your home directory while the other URLs indicate the global site.

Might be some mixup between those two or permission problems.

[kelly001]

I was serving it from the 'Sites' folder in my home directory. When I changed it to /Library/Webserver it worked! thanks! However the Live Data fucntion in Dreamweaver still misbehaves

[whoisgregg]

When using Dreamweaver, you should always disable "Preview using temporary file." If it worked properly, it would be a great tool. But Dreamweaver will litter your machine with those TMPh28ghfkjg.php and .html files, changes don't always get written, and dynamic sites can get screwed up.

Dreamweaver Menu > Preferences... > Preview in Browser \
     Uncheck "Preview using temporary file"