Posted by Erwin Moller on 01/16/07 09:55

Pat1mn wrote:

> I am trying to set up a localhost testing server on windows xp home system
> using xampp. It installs and runs fine but I am having issues trying to
> get dreamweaver MX to connect to it for testing a MySQL database and PHP
> pages.

Hard to say if you don't share with us what you tried.
Did you make a user/password on mySQL for this user?

Also wondering how to view php pages on local machine with IE7.
> Any suggestions?

To reach your own webserver on the same machine, use localhost:

http://localhost/whatever.php

Make sure whatever.php is stored in the documentroot of the apacheserver.

Regards,
Erwin Moller

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