PHP on Your Mac

[bobber205]

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]

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]

This may be helpful too.

 

[desenso]

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

 

[bobber205]

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]

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

http://localhost:8888/php1.php

..instead of the actual file path name?

 

[Benjamin]

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]

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

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]

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]

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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]

New Question

In PHP, when you use the exec command, does other extensions you install work without any additional steps other than having to install it in the first place?