Dreamweaver + PHP server-side includes

Anon

I use server-side includes extensively on each page. Usually on a .shtml page the 'modify/translate/server-side includes' button in dreamweaver shows the page in its true glory. Yet with PHP pages and the necessary different way of writing includes, dreamweaver does not translate them!

I have tried editing configuration/translators/Server-Side includes.htm and adding the "<?PHP include " to a new array object.

<?PHP include ('../includes/footer.inc'); ?>

I have also rewritten my includes in the unclean PHP manner to tease dreamweaver into translating the include.
<?PHP include "../includes/footer.inc" ?>

All with no joy!

Any ideas how to get dreamweaver to show my nice PHP includes?

Be really greatful
Paolo

Anon

because Dreamweaver frequently chokes on inserted php code. I developed a system where i enter a code for a dynamic element in dreamweaver, I keep these codes in a text file like so:

code=<?php somecode ?>;
img9='<?php dynamic_function() ?>';

Then I can work on my ayout without having to worry about the code, as there is none in the dreamweaver file. which makes it really easy to edit the html or php, without having to search through multiple html files I keep an entire site worth in a single codes file. and then when I am ready to test it with php, I have a script that rewrites the entire site or a file (web browser interface, choose from a list) it also renames and copies the files to theh appropriate directories, leaving the original files intact. It's all pretty automatic, but it lacks documentation and a bit of streamlining. If you want the scripts contact me.

Anon

thanks 4 reply.

I see your point. However, I do not wish to hand over control of the page layout to PHP, I prefer to drop code chunks in, with dreamweaver having control.

I have a page.php webpage.
I also have a small table of content to include (table.inc). I want to be able to see this small table in my page.php in dreamweaver and preview it.

If the page were page.SHTML Dreamweaver would translate and preview:

however Dreamweaver won't translate:
<?PHP include "table.inc" ?>

I have tried I have tried editing Dreamweavers configuration/translators/Server-Side includes.htm and adding the "<?PHP include " to a new array object.

But this does not work!

Help. My designers are getting frustrated at not being able to edit code.

Any suggestions

Paolo

Anon

Hi,

sounds like your the one who needs templates ... I haven't tried them yet, but I'm going to, because I have the sample problem (the designers g) like you ...

cya Rob

Anon

I use templates!

The premise of my template system is maximum content control.
There is a template page with an abbreviated structure as follows:

<head>
stylesheet.inc
mouseover_javascript.inc
preloading.inc
<body>
<table>
navbar.inc
<content>
feature_app1.inc
feature_app2.inc
footer.inc

Surely someone must know how to enable dreamweaver to translate PHP includes????