PHP5 on OsX 10.5

Question

Hi,
I have just upgraded to 10.5.1. I have figured out where apache lives and it starts up okay. I cannot, however, figure out where php5 lives(what directory?) or even if the 10.5 installer installed it. This machine previously had Marc Livange's (SP?) version of php5 as a course required php5 last summer. Anyway, where can I look for php5. Also if it is not installed, where can I find the binary on the Apple site for installation.
Once I get this going, I will attach the httpd.conf file in /etc/apache2.
Thanks,
Bob

Answer 1

Here's what you should do:
1 . Open /private/etc/apache2/httpd.conf in your favorite text editor. I use TextWrangler (from Barebones Software).
http://www.barebones.com/products/textwrangler/index.shtml
2. Go to line number 114 and uncomment it (remove the "#" sign from the beginning of the line):
#LoadModule php5_module libexec/apache2/libphp5.so
3. Go to line number 225. It looks like the middle line below:
<IfModule dir_module>
DirectoryIndex index.html
</IfModule>
4. Add "index.php" to the end of the middle line, like this:
<IfModule dir_module>
DirectoryIndex index.html index.php
</IfModule>
5. Save the file. You'll need administrator rights to do this.
6. Restart apache2 by going to Sharing Preferences and turning off Web Sharing, then turning it back on. (It if was off to begin with, just turn it on.)
7. Now, create a blank text file in your /Users/yourusername/Sites folder. Name it "test.php". Insert the following into that file:
<? phpinfo() ?>
8. Save the file.
9. Finally, open a browser window and point it to: http://localhost/~yourusername/test.php
You should see a nicely formatted table giving you all the gory details about your newly enabled PHP 5.2.4 module. I hope this helps.
Message was edited by: Curtis Tucker