Posted by Carl Pearson on 01/06/07 14:47

saz wrote:
> Why is it that when I create a simple php file and place it in
> c:/inetpub/www, when I double-click on the file it opens Dreamweaver.
> How to I make it go to my IIS server and PHP application and not to
> Dreamweaver ?

Windows file associations, which can seen in any explorer (not IE, the
file explorer) window by choosing Tools/Folder Options/File Types.
Scroll down until you see "PHP", click "Change", then "Browse" to point
it to php.exe instead.

FWIW, IIS is OK, but in the minority so far as web server usage. If you
want to develop locally you may wish to try an all-in-one package like
XAMPP, which will install PHP/Apache/MySQL for you. Once it's up &
running you can examine the relevant config files (php.ini, httpd.conf,
my.cnf, etc.) to learn how to perform upgrades yourself in the future.

While DreamWeaver is a good app, I personally find it to be overkill for
editing PHP source code. A text editor is all you really need.
Consider getting a "programmer's" editor. I've used TextPad for some
years (costs around $30); there are also freeware editors such as PSPad.
A good one should support code hilighting (color-coding the words),
printing with line numbers, macros, and so on.

There are also PHP IDE's such as Komodo which will let you step through
code, for personal use they're not that expensive.

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