Building Apache, MySQL, and PHP on Mac OS X - Making PHP (
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The last step is to get PHP set up.
% cd ..
% gnutar zxf php-4.0.5.tar.gz
% cd php-4.0.5
Now PHP is decompressed and ready to be configured.
% ./configure --with-mysql=/usr/local ¬
--with-apxs=/usr/sbin/apxs \
--with-zlib=/usr
The --with-mysql option tells the configure script that we want to use the
MySQL libraries that were installed with MySQL instead of the ones that come
with PHP. The --with-apxs option does the same thing it does in the mod_dav
configuration, tells the configure script that we want PHP compiled as a DSO,
and the --with-zlib option tells the configure script where to find the zlib
libraries it needs (These are included in Mac OS X).
Running the
configure script strangely breaks one file in the distribution,
main/internal_functions.c. In that file, some of the #include lines are run
together into one line, and have the letter "n" separating them.
You can
edit this file manually to fix this, but I've made a Perl script that will do
the trick, if you'd rather use it.
Execute the following commands to use
my script.
% wget
http://www.devshed.com/article-images/fix_php.pl
% chmod +x fix_php.pl
This will get the script and allow you to execute it, and
% ./fix_php.pl
will run it, fixing the problem.
% make
% sudo make install
These commands will compile, install, and enable the PHP module.
You're
not done yet, you need to tell Apache to use the PHP module for all files with a
.php extension. Edit the Apache configuration file:
% sudo pico
/etc/httpd/httpd.conf
and remove the #s from the lines that look like this:
# And for PHP 4.x, use:
#
#AddType
application/x-httpd-php .php
#AddType application/x-httpd-php-source
.phps
so they end up looking like this:
# And for PHP 4.x, use:
#
AddType
application/x-httpd-php .php
AddType application/x-httpd-php-source
.phps
and restart your Apache server.
% sudo apachectl restart
Now, to test your PHP setup, you'll need to make a PHP script. Type the
following:
% pico
/Library/WebServer/Documents/phpinfo.php
and paste this in:
<?php phpinfo(); ?>
Save and exit, then open up your web browser and go to
http://localhost/phpinfo.php If everything is working correctly, your browser
will display a nicely formatted page with info about your PHP installation, and
we're done!
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