Quick Start Guide

310 Setup for Sample PHP Site
5. In your web browser, enter the following URL and press Return:
http://localhost/~your_user_name/timetest.php
The test page should open and display a time of day.
The specified time is known as dynamic content because it changes every
time you request the page. Click your browser’s Refresh button to generate
a new page with a different time.
If the page doesn’t work as expected, check for the following possible
errors:
■ The file does not have a .php extension.
■ The URL contains a typing mistake. Check for errors and make sure
the filename is not followed by a slash, such as http://localhost/
~your_user_name/timetest.php/. Also make sure you included the tilde
(~) before your user name.
■ The page code contains a typing mistake.
■ The Apache server is not running. Look in System Preferences, in the
Sharing category, to see whether Personal Web Sharing is enabled.
After testing and testing the server software, create a root folder for your
web application.
Creating a root folder (Macintosh)
After the server software is installed, create a root folder for your web
application on the Macintosh.
To create a root folder for your web application:
■ Create a folder called MySampleApps in the /Users/your_user_name/
Sites folder.
Apache will process any page in this folder or in any of its subfolders in
response to an HTTP request from a web browser.
After configuring your system, you must define a Dreamweaver site.
NOTE
Looking at the source code (View > View Source in Safari) will confirm that
the page does not use any client-side JavaScript to achieve this effect.