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matthew stuart
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September 24, 2009
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Mac OSX 10.6, Apache and PHP and Marc Liyanage

  • September 24, 2009
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I am just about to get PHP up and running (hopefully) on my Mac where I have just installed 10.6, and I was about to use David Powers recommended route of Marc Liyanage's Entrophy PHP, but I read there that a number of people are having trouble with getting Marcs normally excellent installation up and running on 10.6.

Has anybody here used the Entrophy download on 10.6 and managed to get it working?

I also found this link from David Powers... http://foundationphp.com/tutorials/php_leopard.php

It seems straight forward, and I think I prefer to go this route if nobody has managed to get the entrophy download to work. However, does this step-by-step guide still apply to 10.6?

I know how to switch the apache server on by activating web sharing, but in 10.6, is the pre installed PHP still disabled by default?

I am asking this BEFORE I go ahead and try it for myself, as in the past I have managed to totally ruin a perfectly good Mac OSX system, and it caused me all sorts of headaches and pains.

Any advice is appreciated.

Thanks.

Mat

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Correct answer DwFAQ

does this step-by-step guide still apply to 10.6?

Any advice is appreciated.

Thanks.

Mat

No.

Look Here for step-by-step instructions on how to setup PHP, MySQL, phpMyAdmin, Apache, Virtual Hosts on Snow Leopard.

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DwFAQ
DwFAQCorrect answer
Participating Frequently
September 25, 2009

does this step-by-step guide still apply to 10.6?

Any advice is appreciated.

Thanks.

Mat

No.

Look Here for step-by-step instructions on how to setup PHP, MySQL, phpMyAdmin, Apache, Virtual Hosts on Snow Leopard.

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matthew stuartAuthor
Inspiring
September 28, 2009

Hey DwFAQ... who ever you are... just to reiterate, excellent tutorial. I have just set up my Apple laptop to work with php too. It took about five minutes in total. It's so straight forward.

In your tutorial, you mention the mcrypt extension. I notice the index page of phpMyAdmin states that it couldn't load the mcrypt extension, but what is it, and is it important for local development?

Thanks again.

Mat

DwFAQ
DwFAQ
Participating Frequently
September 29, 2009

Heya,

I'm glad the tutorial has helped you and many others. mcrypt is used of encryption methods. I never got around to installing it locally - it's a PITA if you ask me. There's tutorials available like this one that you can check out if you want.

Best regards,

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