PHP

Once again, the description given by MacUpdate is 100% wrong. This is a source code bundle and not a binary package. In order to use it, one must have Xcode installed and be able to compile it. Having found a need to use PHP to create a database-backed web site, I chose to use MacPorts (Homebrew is usually recommended, but I don't intend to install many "sidecar" Mac apps, and MacPorts seems less intrusive. On a plus note, PHP now includes its own built-in development web server, so configuring and running Apache (now called apache2 on Macs) isn't needed. A simple command: php -S <server>:<port> <optional: -t webhomedirectory> is all that's needed.

Why o why does MacUpdate track Unix software in the main Mac software channel? Just a suggestion, but i would prefer it if you had a separate tab/category for server software, daemons, CLI utilities and the like. That way, the 90% who don't use it won't have to contend with the added entries on the tracker. (I do personally use a lot of server-oriented software and CLI tools, so i would personally check that category for updates. But my preference would be to separate them out to another category listing.)

From the developers website; Note: The package on this page is outdated. I recommend this new PHP distribution for Mac OS X, it is based on mine: http://blog.liip.ch/archive/2011/04/13/php-5-3-for-os-x-10-6-one-line-installer.html http://php-osx.liip.ch/ - is the best source for a 10.6 version of php.

Since Snow Leopard wiped-out my install of the entropy version of PHP, does anybody know what would happen if I reinstalled this?

Now PHP 5.3.0-3 Thanks Marc for compiling this for OS X - it gets me an easy way to get an upto date php distro, with GD (not on Apple's vanilla inbuilt), etc. onto my server - without waiting, waiting for Apple to update.

The current version at http://www.entropy.ch/software/macosx/php/ is 5.2.4. This is the same version as the PHP that ships with Leopard, so there's currently no reason to try installing this on Leopard.

Warning, if you require PHP DO NOT upgrade to Leopard. This PHP installation will not work on Leopard. Hopefully an update will be made available by the developer soon.

I installed this package (OS 10.4.10 and Apache 1.3) and now Apache fails. How do you uninstall this?

Never said it, but have used your builds and tips for so long that it's way overdue: Thank you, Marc.

Hi, I got same error under the OSX server 10.4.8 when I try to upgrade from PHP5.0.1.

Note that this package will ONLY work on Mac OS 10.4, NOT 10.3! I installed it on 10.3 and the installation failed at the end, and then the Apache server would not restart because it could no longer load the php shared library. I can't find any precompiled version of PHP 5.2 available for Mac OS 10.3.

Big thanks to Marc for his excellent installers. I've found his Postgresql installer invaluable as well.

Since this is a binary package, it comes with a MySQL Client API version that will most likely not match the version of MySQL Server you are currently using, or would like to use in the future. Ideally, your client and server should match for best reliability, so only use this package if you don't know how to compile PHP yourself. For example, the MySQL Client that comes with this package matches MySQL 4.1.14, so if you have MySQL 5.0.18 installed, then some functions may/will fail. It may not make much difference to the average user, but just know that it is best (and recommended by mysql.com) that your mysql client api is at least current with whatever server version you use.

Marc's installer worked as advertised. It automatically installed php5 in an alternate directory, so it does not interfere with Darwin's preinstalled PHP version, nor prior installations of php 4.x. All the commonly used packages are supported. The only thing missing that I would like to see is a version that was precompiled for mmcache compatibility.

Perhaps it would be helpful to clarify a few things about this package. This PHP package is NOT the 4.3.6 source code from php.net. It is Marc Liyanange's distribution of the PHP 4.3.6 module for the Apache web server for MacOS X. Depending on which version of OS X your server is running, and which version of Apache web server, you may want to stick with 4.3.4. Though it states 10.2 as a requirement, this distribution package was built for MacOS X 10.3. For other information, check the "More Infomation" link.

I installed it fresh and it is good here.

don't install PHP server over an older version, it breaks Apache wer server and Itools cannot help you.

I installed this version on older version : FAILED apache web server is out !!!!!!!!!!!!!

Is it just me or does 4.3.4 seem to have eaten a few too many snails since 4.3.2? (Umm yes, I do mean slower ;-)

Anonymous, it is not available for OS9 because PHP relies on many Unix features which do not exist in OS9. PHP rocks!