Compiling for MacOS X Client
The following instructions will help you install a PHP module for the Apache web server included in MacOS X. This version includes support for the MySQL and PostgreSQL databases. These instructions are graciously provided by » Marc Liyanage.
Be careful when you do this, you could screw up your Apache web server!
Do this to install:
- Open a terminal window.
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Type
wget https://www.diax.ch/users/liyanage/software/macosx/libphp4.so.gz
, wait for the download to finish. -
Type
gunzip libphp4.so.gz
. -
Type
sudo apxs -i -a -n php4 libphp4.so
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Now type
sudo open -a TextEdit /etc/httpd/httpd.conf
. TextEdit will open with the web server configuration file. Locate these two lines towards the end of the file: (Use the Find command)#AddType application/x-httpd-php .php #AddType application/x-httpd-php-source .phps
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Finally, type
sudo apachectl graceful
to restart the web server.
PHP should now be up and running. You can test it by dropping a file into your Sites folder which is called test.php. Into that file, write this line: <?php phpinfo() ?>.
Now open up 127.0.0.1/~your_username/test.php in your web browser. You should see a status table with information about the PHP module.