Installation on Mac OS X
With OSX 10.5, the bundled version is up to date but didn't come with the modules I needed (notably I wanted the pgsql database extension).
Getting this to work was quite simple in the end, what made it difficult is the build-options for Apache. After searching on google, I found instructions to re-build apache with the following options:
./configure --enable-layout=Darwin --enable-mods-shared=all
(Step 1: download the latest Apache2.2 source files,
Step 2: extract the tarball
Step 3: ./configure --enable-layout=Darwin --enable-mods-shared=all
Step 4: make all
Step 5: sudo make install)
Without this step, when I rebuilt PHP either directly with the source from the PHP.net site or using MacPorts I was getting an error about the wrong architecture like this one:
httpd: Syntax error on line 114 of /private/etc/apache2/httpd.conf: Cannot load /usr/libexec/apache2/libphp5.so into server: dlopen(/usr/libexec/apache2/libphp5.so, 10): no suitable image found. Did find:\n\t/usr/libexec/apache2/libphp5.so: mach-o, but wrong architecture
After re-building and Apache with the configuration above and restarting it, everything worked again and I can now use PostgreSQL from within PHP on my MacBook Pro.
Installing for Apache on MacOS X Client
The following instructions will help you install a PHP module for the Apache web server included in MacOS X using the MacOS GUI. This version includes MySQL, PostgreSQL, and iODBC database support, cURL, GD, PDFLib, LDAP, and more. These instructions are graciously provided by » Marc Liyanage.
Warning
Be sure you know what you're doing before advancing beyond this point! You can cause irreparable harm to your Apache installation otherwise.
Note: These instructions will only work with the original Apache web server as shipped by Apple. If you re-built or upgraded your Apache, you will have to build your own PHP module.
To install:
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For Apache 1.3, download:
http://www2.entropy.ch/download/entropy-php-5.2.4-1.tar.gz -
For Apache 2, download:
wget http://www2.entropy.ch/download/entropy-php-5.2.4-1-apache2.tar.gz - Unpack the compressed .tar.gz file, but DO NOT USE StuffIt Expander. Instead, use Apple's BOMArchiveHelper or the command line.
- Double-click the installer package and follow the directions of the installer application.
That's all! PHP should now be up and running. You can test it by dropping a file named test.php into your Sites folder in your home directory. 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.
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User Contributed NotesInstalling for Apache on MacOS X Client
mdoyle at cooperationireland dot org
07-Apr-2008 04:54
07-Apr-2008 04:54