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Creating a PHP database connection: Dreamweaver error

Thread began 6/23/2010 3:55 pm by designate407706 | Last modified 7/14/2017 11:06 am by Ray Borduin | 4836 views | 34 replies |

designate407706

Creating a PHP database connection: Dreamweaver error

I'm following the instructions in creating_db_connection.php

See the enclosed images.

I'm trying to set up the db connection in Dreamweaver. When I go to *select* the db, I get an error (see enclosed). I think it is essentially saying that I do not have a testing server running on the server machine.

I have MAMP running (I'm on a Mac; both Apache and MySQL servers seem to be fine) and PHPMyAdmin running in my browser.

What am I doing wrong?

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Jason ByrnesWebAssist

In your site definition, on the testing server tab, you have entered 127.0.0.1/ as the URL prefix.

try using localhost/ instead

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913 MediaWorks

MAMP folder settings

just to venture a guess, did you change the default folder path for MAMP?

I had pointed mine into the /usr/... folder (and changed the port #'s to standard) and had the same error. setting the folder path back to the MAMP default solved my problem (left the ports at 80 and 3306, tho).

hope that solves your issue.

- trent

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designate407706

Originally Said By: robert329616
  just to venture a guess, did you change the default folder path for MAMP?

I had pointed mine into the /usr/... folder (and changed the port #'s to standard) and had the same error. setting the folder path back to the MAMP default solved my problem (left the ports at 80 and 3306, tho).

hope that solves your issue.

- trent  



I don't know how to change the default folder for MAMP, so don't think I did that. I have those ports as you spec too.

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designate407706

Originally Said By: Jason Byrnes
  In your site definition, on the testing server tab, you have entered 127.0.0.1/ as the URL prefix.

try using localhost/ instead  



I do not have 127.0.0.1/ entered

I do have localhost/ entered.

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designate407706

localhost selected

Originally Said By: Jason Byrnes
  In your site definition, on the testing server tab, you have entered 127.0.0.1/ as the URL prefix.

try using localhost/ instead  



see screenshot

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913 MediaWorks

I somewhat mis-spoke. Rather than the default MAMP folder, I meant the 'Document Root' setting in the Apache tab (in the MAMP preferences).

- trent

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designate407706

mamp apache doc root

Originally Said By: robert329616
  I somewhat mis-spoke. Rather than the default MAMP folder, I meant the 'Document Root' setting in the Apache tab (in the MAMP preferences).

- trent  



Didn't know I could change that either. I'm a newbie, first time doing this.

doc root is /Applications/MAMP/htdocs

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913 MediaWorks

dreamweaver site definition setup

don't forget your site folder in your path. and the trailing slash in the URL prefix. I included screenshots of my local and testing setup.

- trent

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designate407706

larger images

i can't read those they are too small. THANKS so much though for helping!!

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