Mac OSX 10.6, Apache and PHP and Marc Liyanage

[matthew stuart]

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

[DwFAQ · Accepted solution]

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.

[matthew stuart]

That was a great tutorial / walk through.

In fact, I would say that was far easier than the entrophy route (which is good) as you can see exactly what you are doing rather than relying on an installer which has often failed in the past for me, and then just suddenly worked for no apparent reason!

Just two things to improve it for other users, and they are really VERY minor... From previous experience, I knew where to find the php.ini.default file, but you don't let people know where to find that, and the links to the MySQL downloads were broken. I guess that is because the file names have changed or because I am coming at it from a different country. I got a message stating: 'That file does not exist on our download mirrors.'

Thanks for doing that, I really appreciate you (and the likes of David Powers) taking the time to set these tutorials up for others to use.

Mat

[matthew stuart]

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]

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,