PHP, MySQL -- new to Mac

Anon

I am new to Macs and I'm not sure what I'm supposed to do to setup MySQL and PHP on my G4 (Mac OSX). Any steps that I should take? Thanks.

Anon

You to install the developer tools before install php or mysql. You also have to boot with your OS CD and run the password program found in the menu in the upper left of your display. I don't remember off the top of my head what the utility is called, but you'll recognize it when you see it. Anyway, the reason to run it is because you need to change the root password so you have root acces to you server.

You can find better instructions at MacOSX.com. Search the forum for PHP/MySQL and there are a couple of posts that will help.

The one thing that sucks is that you run httpd by turning file sharing on, not by running httpd from the command line. Then you have to go to the command line and run mysqld from there. I can't get mysqld to run automatically at start-up. Hopefully this will be more intuitive with OS X.1

Anon

Actually, you don't have to mess with root, directly. The process involves some commandline functions, but it's pretty straightforward. All functions needed to configure PHP and MySQL can be accomplished using sudo. Go to versiontracker.com, and in the OS X section, search for the MySQL and PHP installation packages. I think they are both marked as "unofficial", but they are well done, and there's a link to some pretty throrough instructions.

As far as starting httpd from the cl, you can, if it is installed correctly. I have to say that I would rather click three times then click twice, then type, however. With the MySQL package above, there's also a lib you can install to automatically start MySQL on boot, and if you start Apache from the Sharing control panel, and leave it on when you shut down, it will start up automatically when you boot.

Anon

yeh, what harry said.