[steven moffat]

Is there a way to convert a PHP site to html??

[PKIDelirium]

[chucker]

Elaborate.

[adamb]

View source -> Copy -> Paste?

[steven moffat]

I just got a new job and they want me to change some of the things on our website. I use DW and downloaded the site into it and it I am only familiar with html. This site is .php and i have absolutely no experience in that. I was wondering if there was a way to get rid of all the php stuff and make it a regular html site.

[ast3r3x]

I'll say it, sounds like a horrible idea. Even worse that you are using dreamweaver which makes horrible code. Just learn PHP. If you are converting from PHP to HTML you are moving backwards and making things more difficult for editing in the future.

I'd seriously try to learn PHP, if you have any questions, you can IM me as 'ast3r3x' or post on here and I'll be more than glad to help you or give you some tips.

http://www.w3schools.com/php/default.asp

Also, while you are at it, you could learn XTHTML & CSS so you don't have to use something like DW.

[Kraetos]

PHP and HTML are entirely different things. PHP is a server-side scripting language. PHP lets you, among other things, interface with a database and generate dynamic content. PHP is used entirely for adding scripting functionality to a webpage, it does not directly control the markup or styling of the page. I say directly because PHP is commonly used to manage HTML or CSS, but PHP isn't used to actually control the styling or structuring of content.

So, in short, no. PHP is used to manage HTML, not replace it. Eliminating PHP from an existing website would quite literally cause a train-wreck, with the sites content as the cars in the train.

Oh yeah, and what ast3r3x said: Dreamweaver, and WYSIWYG HTML editors in general, suck. A lot. Hand code; it sounds intimidating if you're dependent on Dreamweaver, but mastering CSS and PHP will help you to replace the automatic crap Dreamweaver does for you (like templates), and produce much, much cleaner (read: faster and more reliable) code. I worked for an organization that totally relied on Dreamweaver for template management, and unsurprisingly, their site was a complete and utter mess. I recommended they switch to a real CMS written in PHP, so they picked up CommonSpot, a CMS written in *shudder* ColdFusion.

At that point, I quit.

[Fahrenheit]

Oh yeah, and what ast3r3x said: Dreamweaver, and WYSIWYG HTML editors in general suck. A lot. Hand code. It sounds intimidating if you're dependent on Dreamweaver, but mastering CSS and PHP will help you to replace many of the automatic crap Dreamweaver does for you (like templates), and produce much, much cleaner (read: faster and more reliable) code.

A good first step is something like Taco, which colours all of the tags etc. and so makes it a bit easier to see what is going on, as well as having live split screen preview.

[PKIDelirium]

Taco = teh shits.

[spotcatbug]

Originally Posted by PKIDelirium Taco = teh shits.

If you drink milk with your meal, it'll help with that.