Comments on: Back online

By: Jeremy Bowman

Jeremy Bowman — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 16:12:03 +0000

That’s it! Thank you so much again!

By: David Powers

David Powers — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 14:00:25 +0000

@Jeremy, Judging from your earlier comment, you’re using MAMP. phpMyAdmin stores the MySQL root password in Applications:MAMP:bin:phpMyAdminForPHP5:config.inc.php. Around line 86, set the value of $cfg['Servers'][$i]['password'] to the new password that you chose for root.

By: Jeremy Bowman

Jeremy Bowman — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 12:48:57 +0000

I have foolishly changed the root password of MySQL via PHPMyAdmin.

Now when I try to open PHPMyAdmin, I get the message “Error: Could not connect to MySQL server!”

How do I get it back?

By: Jeremy Bowman

Jeremy Bowman — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 15:17:10 +0000

Your comment 5 above — about installing MAMP “on top of” older versions of Apache (etc.) is the most useful thing I’ve heard in months. Thanks!

BTW, I’m enjoying EDGTDW4 every bit as much as EGTDW3 — it’s worth every penny!

By: David Powers

David Powers — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 18:05:06 +0000

Rob,

I can’t answer your questions about running your own dedicated server, sorry. My dedicated server is rented from a hosting company that looks after all the hardware and maintenance. I’m considering moving to a different host when my current contract runs out, so I can’t recommend anywhere at the moment.

By: David Powers

David Powers — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 18:02:22 +0000

Hi John,

Thanks for your good wishes. Although I’m sure the snow hasn’t been as bad here as in the USA, it’s been the most severe winter for about 20 years. Since we’re not used to it, it has caused a lot of disruption, but things seem to be getting back to normal – at least in London.

As for PDO on Leopard, as you have found, it’s not part of the preinstalled Mac version. I have now given up on the preinstalled version and use MAMP instead. It’s an all-in-one package that contains Apache, PHP, MySQL, and phpMyAdmin. There’s no need to uninstall anything before installing MAMP. Just turn off the native Mac version of Apache by deselecting Web Sharing in System Preferences. After installing MAMP, reset the MAMP ports to use the default ports for Apache and MySQL. MAMP seems the best choice for a Mac. It’s available as a free version or the Pro version is available for a small fee.

By: Rob Hurley

Rob Hurley — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 04:25:49 +0000

I have a question about dedicated servers: what do you need to run one? Not only the hardware, but what sort of internet connection would this require? And, if a T1 or better is necessary, how would one pay for that sort of thing?

By: John Sutton

John Sutton — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 22:50:05 +0000

Hi David,

I was sorry to see that you have had so many challenges lately. I hope things are trending up for you as we move into February. At least you don’t have to deal with all the snow an ice we’ve had lately in the northeastern United States.

I was wondering if you might have any suggestions about how to enable the pdo_mysql driver.

I’m working on a Mac Leopard 10.5.6 with a native installation of php and mysql and when I look at my php configuration for PDO, the only drivers enabled are sqlite2 and sqlite.

I’ve been searching the web for a solution to enable pdo_mysql and those I’ve found all involve compiling php from source using the command line, something which is a little beyond my confidence, at this time.

Can you provide guidance on this issue?

Thank you!

John Sutton

By: David Powers

David Powers — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 07:31:12 +0000

Thanks, Carol. Deleting WinFileCache (or MacFileCache) seems to solve 90 percent of problems with Dreamweaver. It’s such a useful technique, I have included it in my book on Dreamweaver CS4.

It’s nice to know that one of my books has clicked.

By: Carol E

Carol E — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 15:59:24 +0000

May the rest of 2009 be a very good year for you.

I was getting ready to launch into a diatribe about how php was crashing dreamweaver and it all started when I opened one of your download files from phpSolutions. But I composed myself and found the solution (I deleted the WinFileCache) and all seems fine now.

I’m glad I found the solution and didn’t do the diatribe. I’ve gotten a lot of benefit from phpSolutions. It’s the first of several php books I’ve read (including your books on dreamweaver and php) that ever “clicked.”