Comments on: Apache 2 + PHP 5 + MySQL 4 under OS X 10.3.9

By: scott

scott — Sun, 26 Aug 2007 12:47:43 +0000

Thanks for a very useful summary. I was having trouble adding mysql to an existing Apache2 + PHP5 install. Your article was great help. I simply needed to configure, make and install php using the "-with" directives you listed. NOTE for others, if your apache and mysql are installed in other locations then modify the configure --with details to suit e.g. instead of --with-apxs2=/apache2/bin/apxs I was able to use my existing apache install directory --with-apxs2=/usr/local/apache/bin/apxs

By: Bruce

Bruce — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 09:33:40 +0000

Glad it worked for you Bob. Can I ask why you prefer a DIY installation to MAMP?

By: Bob

Bob — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 16:08:34 +0000

One more thank you for directions. I had installed Apache2 & MySQL previously in different locations. Simply changing the paths in your instructions had everything running first try. I was using MAMP until now for PHP, but now I'm set up on my own!

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 21:59:20 +0000

Thank you so much for posting this article. It helped me tremendously!

By: Bruce

Bruce — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 05:16:41 +0000

Luis, thanks for sharing that solution and making the important point that the /apache2 directory must exist prior to an installation attempt.

By: Luis

Luis — Fri, 02 Feb 2007 15:49:04 +0000

Hi... I know this is old but I'll post it here anyways as it may help someone out there.

I'm on a MacBook Pro running Tiger.

First, the problem Jordan had, I go too. I worked around it by simply clicking the download and getting the system figure out how to uncompress it. Simple enough.

The problem I got was that, after following the instructions outlined here, PHP's ./config returned an error while performing some checks. After looking arround for possible solutions, I realized the "/apache2" directory was not autmatically created when installing apache and therefore, apache was not installed. So, when trying to install PHP, it would throw an error b/c of some missing libraries.

If you get the same problem simply make sure you create the /apache2 directory and re-run apache's installation steps. It solved my problem.

See ya...

By: Bruce

Bruce — Fri, 16 Jun 2006 20:35:30 +0000

No problem Jordan; glad it all worked out for you in the end.

By: Jordan Kaufman

Jordan Kaufman — Fri, 16 Jun 2006 16:48:21 +0000

Bruce,

Thanks for your help. When I couldn't get the command line working I downloaded one of the OS X binaries that your referenced above (Complete Apache 2 (2.0.52) with Complete PHP (4.3.9)) and it worked beautifully for what I needed. It was a one click installation (actually 2 clicks on for apache one for php), so I was only up until 3 AM getting everything done.

By the way, thanks for the tip about the ALL CAPS. I didn't realized how rude I've been in the past.

So thanks for posting this page in the first place. Everyone else talked about non-command line binaries but you were the first one who linked to ones that actually worked on my 10.3.9 mac.

Thanks,
Jordan

By: Bruce

Bruce — Fri, 16 Jun 2006 13:29:09 +0000

I'm sorry Jordan, but I don't know the answer to that one. I'm no expert in these things, but record here what did work for me to save having to re-discover it should I need the knowledge in future. That's fine when things work as they should, but when there are problems... I've since used MAMP which I'd recommend to you as a self-contained server environment (if that's what you need). By the way, what's with the capitals?

By: Jordan Kaufman

Jordan Kaufman — Fri, 16 Jun 2006 08:13:24 +0000

I AM DESPARATE IN NEED OF HELP! I have tryed to run the command:


curl -O http://apache.mirrors.esat.net/httpd/httpd-2.0.54.tar.gz

which seems to work fine but then when I try to decompress it:


gnutar -xzf httpd-2.0.54.tar.gz

it says the following:


jordan-kaufmans-Computer:~ jordankaufman$ gnutar -xzf httpd-2.0.54.tar.gz

gzip: stdin: not in gzip format
gnutar: Child returned status 1
gnutar: Error exit delayed from previous errors
jordan-kaufmans-Computer:~ jordankaufman$

PLEASE HELP