PHP Icon in Dreamweaver

[cody44]

Having done some code in dreamweaver I needed some code to be added, i was sent the code by a friend and inserted it. The code worked fine but now I need to make some changes. The code appears as a small php icon on the preview page !!! what does this mean ??

Below is the snippet of code that i need to change. Is there something there that needs changing to be recognised in dreamweaver.

<?php $horizcount=0; do { 
      $areaname = $row_area['area'];
	  if (!$areaname) { $areaname = "No Area"; }
	  $count = $row_area['count'];
	  echo "<td><input type=\"checkbox\" value=\"$areaname\" name=\"location[]\"> $areaname ($count)</td>";
	  $horizcount +=1;
	  if ($horizcount == 4) { echo "</tr><tr>"; $horizcount=0; }
       } while ($row_area = mysql_fetch_assoc($area)); ?>

[thorpe]

if your talking about the 'design' view in dreamweaver, scripts wont execute in it. you will need to preview your pages using a browser.

do you have a server installed?

[cody44]

Yes I have apache server on laptop.............the code works fine but im trying to change it completely and having no joy.

[thorpe]

yeah, well php wont execute inside of dreamweaver. you will need to define a site in dreamweaver, then use F12 to preview your pages on the server via the browser.

[cody44]

the code works okay !!! what im trying to do is change it. F12 will show the code working away ok.

[thorpe]

you need to switch dreamweaver into code view, not design.

go to view and select 'code view'.

[helmz]

There are two ways one can edit server-side scripts in Dreamweaver either double-click the icon (PHP) where you can edit in properties panel or you can directly edit in View>Code