I've just started using XAMPP for WordPress development. Part of the task involves using the WordPress editor (while logged in on localhost) to alter template files that are stored on the local disk drive. After I've edited a file I select Update File and WordPress acts as if I've saved the altered file. When I reload a page in WordPress the changes in the template are reflected. However, the files on my hard drive have not been changed. It seems as if XAMPP is maintaining these files in a cache and I can't find a way to get it to write them out to the disk. This doesn't seem to be a browser issue because I can change the files in IE and then open WordPress on localhost in Safari and the changes made in IE will appear even though they haven't been written to the hard disk. How do I get these changes reflected in the files stored on my disk drive?
After posting this I realized I had altered some settings in php.ini to permit importing of a large mysql file and thought this might be the problem. I believe I have all settings back to default. I rebooted the computer after resetting these values and still have the problem. I can alter the files in WordPress but can't get them to write to the disk,