Mac users are presented with the option to opt for either a binary or a source installation. In fact OS X comes with PHP and APACHE preinstalled . However, it is probable that these versions are outdated and may not include many of the commonly used extensions.
However, if you want a quick Apache + PHP + MySQL/PostgreSQL setup on your mac os, this is certainly the easiest way to start. All you need to do is edit your Apache configuration file and turn on the Web server.
So just follow the following steps −
- Open the Apache config file in a text editor as root.
sudo open -a TextEdit /etc/httpd/httpd.conf- Edit the file to uncomment the following lines −
Load Module php5_module
AddModule mod_php5.c
AddType application/x-httpd-php .php- You may also want to uncomment the <Directory /home/*/Sites> block or otherwise tell Apache which directory to serve out of.
- Restart the Web server
sudo apachectl graceful- Open a text editor. Type: <?php phpinfo(); ?>. Save this file in your Web server’s document root as info.php.
- Start any Web browser and browse the file.you must always use an HTTP request (http://www.testdomain.com/info.php or http://localhost/info.php or http://127.0.0.1/info.php) rather than a filename (/home/httpd/info.php) for the file to be parsed correctly
You should see a long table of information about your new PHP installation.
Congratulations!! your PHP is installed.