Zend server environment / multiple projects

[anakadote]

I'm starting to use Zend Server Community Edition in order to develop PHP projects locally as opposed to developing on a remote server (it's about time). My question is, what is the recommended way to set up multiple and concurrent projects on the same computer? Since the PHP settings should stay the same project-to-project, should I just create directories for each separate project in /usr/local/zend/apache2/htdocs ? (Mac OSX). What about if a certain project requires different PHP config settings?

Also, I can see that mysql was also installed in the zend directory. How do I set this up and add a user so that I can create databases, etc. and gain access through phpMyAdmin?

[bradgrafelman]

anakadote wrote:

What about if a certain project requires different PHP config settings?

While it would depend on which "settings" you're talking about changing, the simplest method would be to place a .htaccess file in the subdirectory for that project in which you could modify most PHP directives. Otherwise, if the settings you're looking to alter can only be changed in php.ini itself, you'd probably have to create a virtual host in Apache and specify a different "PHPIniDir" directive for that virtual host.

As I've never used Zend before, I'm afraid I can't help you with your other questions. :o