i use dream wearver 8 too build my website and use IIS server to view my work before i upload it too the net, i now want too change my site from asp to php, i have started to build my new site but unfortunatly i can not view my work on the IIS server.

my site folder is placed in the interpub / wwwroot folder, but the localhost web browser does not open, do i need a speacial web browser for php to veiw my work or should it work in IIS.

i hope you can help me

Thank you

G Morris

my pc uses windows and i,m running dream weaver 8 to construct my site.

You can install PHP on your computer and I think IIS should be able to run it, but you would be better off to use http://xampp.com instead, which includes apache, php, mysql and others. Keep in mind that Xampp is for development only and shouldn't be used for a live webserver (unless proper security is added.)

Do you need a special browser to view PHP normally?

Dump IIS. It's crap. Use WAMP.

You need to be running PHP on your server. Take a look at the article linked below on details on how to do this. Or do a google search for WAMP. If you go with WAMP, you would have to remove IIS from your server (or change it's port).

One error many people make is trying to run the .php file, or dropping the .php file into the browser, the way you can do with an .html file. It won't work with PHP - you have to navigate to the file with the browser (put the link to the file in the browser's address bar). The server has to serve a .php file. (The server [IIS or Apache] sees that it's being asked to serve a .php file, sends the file to PHP, and serves the resultant HTML code.) A .php file in a browser is a text file.