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Download Updated Versions: XAMPP Version 7.4.6 for OSX XAMPP Version 7.3.18 for Mac XAMPP Version 7.2.31 for Mac XAMPP is quite attractive package for Mac users, because of it being Lightweight software, simpler GUI and inclusion of Number of tools/ features with it. This is a complete package which is easy to easy install, configure. PHP pages need to be processed through a web server. So, to develop with PHP in Dreamweaver, you need access to a PHP-enabled web server and the MySQL database. It's also useful to have phpMyAdmin, a graphical interface to MySQL. All three components are open source software that you can use for developing, testing, and deploying web applications. A complete and ready-to-use PHP development environment on Windows including the web server Apache, the SQL Server MySQL and others development tools. MAMP – as the name suggests – is a particular PHP local server developed for MAC operating systems. Its acronym stands for MAC, Apache, MySQL and PHP. Its acronym stands for MAC, Apache, MySQL and PHP.
I mainly do web development on my 15 in Macbook Pro. Mac runs on base Unix foundation so mainly you could install almost all Linux/Unix software on Mac very easily.
Mac OS X comes by default with ApacheWeb Server and PHP. In this tutorial we will go over steps on how to enable those on Mac.
Let’s get started:
Enable Apache Web Server
Step-1
Open terminal App and run below command:
Step-2
Open browser and check with URL:
http://localhost
Enable PHP Module and verify Perl module
Step-1
Open
Terminal
App. Mac OS X comes by default with Perl library
. Just type below commands to check Perl and PHP Setup.Terminal Commands
2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 | /usr/bin/perl bash-3.2# pwd total120 -rw-r--r--1root wheel13077Sep92014magic drwxr-xr-x14root wheel476Sep92014extra -rw-r--r--1root wheel20786Sep92014httpd.conf -rw-r--r--1root wheel20786Jun913:55httpd.conf.bak bash-3.2# vi httpd.conf |
Step-2
Open file
httpd.conf
file. You may use any Text Editor
also.Uncomment the following line (remove #):
LoadModule php5_module libexec/apache2/libphp5.so
Step-3
Restart Apache Web Server:
Step-4
- Find
DocumentRoot
fromhttpd.conf
file. In my case it’s/Users/crunchify/Documents/Blogs/MAMP
as I’m using MAMP on my Mac. - You may have diff folder something like
/Library/WebServer/Documents/
. - Create below file
crunchify-php-on-mac.php
under your DocumentRoot folder. - If you don’t see folder
Web Server
then just create it ?
crunchify-php-on-mac.php
2 4 6 8 | <head> </head> <?phpecho'<p>Hello World - PHP Testcase on Mac OS X by Crunchify.com...</p><br>Have a fun.. Enjoy..';?> </html> |
Step-5
Mac Os X Server Download
Now visit this URL:
http://localhost/crunchify-php-on-mac.php
and you should see php file loaded successfully on browser.How to Kill Apache httpd process on Mac?
Just incase if you need to kill apache httpd process on Mac then you could use below commands.
2 | sudo launchctl unload/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/org.apache.httpd.plist |
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Enjoy and Happy coding…
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