PHP on Your Mac

bobber205 · Aug 23, 2006

Where the best place to learn how to install php on my macbook?

I would love to start learning. (it's for work anyway)

eva01 · Aug 23, 2006

Could have sworn PHP was already installed on OS X.

If not then the PHP website shows you how to install it on OS X

http://developer.apple.com/internet/opensource/php.html

DavidLeblond · Aug 23, 2006

This may be helpful too.

desenso · Aug 23, 2006

MAMP will do all the work for you (PHP, Apache, etc)

bobber205 · Aug 23, 2006

Thanks for all the awesome links. Since you guys seem to know so much, do you guys have any resource for installing PHP on XP and maybe even Linux?

bobber205 · Aug 23, 2006

I installed the MAMP server app.
It's working.

One thing: Why when I want to actually go to one of my php pages I am forced to type in this

Code:

http://localhost:8888/php1.php

..instead of the actual file path name?

Benjamin · Aug 23, 2006

eva01 said:
Could have sworn PHP was already installed on OS X.

If not then the PHP website shows you how to install it on OS X

http://developer.apple.com/internet/opensource/php.html

it is but not active by default.

http://www.phpmac.com/articles.php?view=225

anyway mysql isn't installed by default so why not just install both at the same time from http://www.entropy.ch/software/macosx/ anyway.

dunc85 · Aug 24, 2006

bobber205 said:
I installed the MAMP server app.
It's working.

One thing: Why when I want to actually go to one of my php pages I am forced to type in this

Code:

http://localhost:8888/php1.php

..instead of the actual file path name?

Because it's a server-side language and has to be run through a server to work.

simonthewolf · Aug 24, 2006

Benjamin said:
it is but not active by default.

It's the same with OS X 10.3 Panther, and it's the same procedure to activate it too - just uncomment everything and restart apache.

bobber205 · Aug 24, 2006

...

Using MAMP how do I get debugging turned on? I will try removing a ";", making it wrong, but no errors come up in Safari or Firefox.

Any suggestions?

bobber205 · Aug 24, 2006

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