Yet another thread on PHPmac

Kenneth_C

So, I've learned the basic controls on my new Apple. I'm finally ready to install all the things I need to start PHP on my mac. Then I'll start coding. I've heard that MacOSX has Apache and MySQL installed. How do I exactly find the program Apache, I openede ethe system prefs - share, but nothing else comes up about Apache and MySQL. After I find out that, all I need to do is install PHP right? Then I have to find a good host that will host my PHP on the internet. Any ideas? Will brinkster work? 😕

greg252

Go to
http://www.entropy.ch/software/MacOSx/

D/L mysql and follow directions.

Open apache config file (httpd) with BBEdit(textedit/emacs/vim...) and add the type PHP
(go to php.net for directions to install with apache)

Restart sharing and you are golden!

Been working on Os X almost exclusively for a year. You're gonna love it.

driverdave

I've heard that MacOSX has Apache and MySQL installed. How do I exactly find the program Apache, I openede ethe system prefs - share, but nothing else comes up about Apache and MySQL. After I find out that, all I need to do is install PHP right?

OSX comes with Apache and PHP. MySQL is not included. PHP is not active by default, you need to edit httpd.conf to get it going (I think).

Turn on Personal Web Sharing to turn apache on. Call localhost or 127.0.0.1 in your browser address to see what your serving up.

Web root is located in /Library/Webserver/Documents/

The conf file for apache is /etc/httpd/httpd.conf

Remember to restart apache after any changes to httpd.conf. You can do this by turning sharing off, then on, or from the command line.

And as Greg said, head over to http://www.entropy.ch/software/MacOSx/ to save yourself the headache of installing MySQL. And grab the PHP binary as well, since it's a more full featured compile.

Kenneth_C

Thanks. I'd usually search on the internet for downloads but if I run into one that nobody uses, I'd have no help and the messageboards at some of those places are dead empty. 😃

Kenneth_C

I'm not only a newbie to PHP, but Apple computers as well (I haven't touched one for a long, long time. So I'm going to need some more help. I'll continue it all on this thread so I won't take up space.

1.Why do I have 2 Pkg files in desktop? One shaped like a box (the one I installed) and another shaped like a paper? Should I keep both of them on desktop?

When they say: Open up a new terminal window and type this: They mean Wordpad (or whatever apples counterpart to notepad is) right? And they have it what I should type in different lines. Do I just type what they say in a paragraph like this or do I skip each line for each code? If you don't understand what I mean go here:
http://www.entropy.ch/software/MacOSx/mysql/#install

I've just installed the MySQL and I can't find the program. I installed it to Macintosh HD, and searched, it wasn't there. I installed it again, and I still can't find it! It asked me to unpack it and I don't know what that means, could that be the problem?? Right now I'm just re-installiing everything again :rolleyes: