enabling php mail() on osx

[Devan]

How do i enable the php mail function on osx? ive had no luck with the solutions online.

Im currently using xampp on my mac.

 

[toolbox]

I have never looked into this but os x has the apache webserver built in, you possibly need to install PHP and compile the support for it.

 

[Devan]

I have never looked into this but os x has the apache webserver built in, you possibly need to install PHP and compile the support for it.

Yeah, i have php 5 installed with mysql & apache.

But php mail() doesn't work 🙁

 

[BlueRevolution]

Yeah, but you're using XAMPP. Toolbox is suggesting you just use Mac OS X's built-in Apache web server.

 

[toolbox]

When your compiling php you need to add the modules into the httpd.conf

 

[BlueRevolution]

Unfortunately, this guy has yet to update his packages for Leopard, so you do have to do it by hand.

 

[Devan]

do you think its best if i install, well activate the php pre installed in my mac?

tried it the first time but i had trouble installing mysql and all the libraries i needed.

 

[BlueRevolution]

MySQL is actually easy because it's available in package form. PHP I believe comes preinstalled but needs to be enabled in apache.conf.