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Connect to a database

To connect to a database when developing a PHP application in Dreamweaver, you must have one or more MySQL databases and the MySQL server must be started.

  1. Open a PHP page in Dreamweaver, and then open the Databases panel (Window > Databases).
  2. Click the Plus (+) button on the panel, select MySQL Connection from the menu, and complete the dialog box.

    • Enter a name for the new connection, without spaces or special characters.

    • In the MySQL Server box, enter an IP address or a server name for the computer hosting MySQL. If MySQL is running on the same computer as PHP, you can enter localhost.

    • Enter your MySQL user name and password.

    • In the Database box, enter the name of the database, or click Select and select the database from the list of MySQL databases, and click Test.

    Dreamweaver attempts to connect to the database. If the connection fails, double-check the server name, user name, and password. If the connection still fails, check the settings for the testing folder Dreamweaver uses to process dynamic pages.

    Dreamweaver makes a best guess at auto-populating the value for the URL prefix in the Testing Server category of the Site Definition dialog box, but sometimes you will have to adjust the URL prefix to get your connection to work. Make sure that the URL prefix is the URL that users type in their browsers to open the web application, minus the file name (or start page) of the application.

  3. Click OK.
    Note: If you encounter the error message “Client does not support authentication protocol requested. Consider upgrading MySQL client” when testing a PHP database connection to MySQL 4.1, see Troubleshooting MySQL error messages.