PHP On Mac

nike_guy_man's picture

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Loving my new G4 Powerbook Smiling
I want to put PHP locally for development etc
Is there a special package of PHP for OS X? I tried using the regular Unix package, but it couldn't find a valid cc/gcc compiler
thanks

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mairving's picture

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Try here to start.

Mark Hensler's picture

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Wow, that's cool. I'm still amazed that OS X is basically Unix with an enhanced GUI. I think I would enjoy OS X, but I have no intention of buying Mac hardware. *moan* They really need to port that.

Mark Hensler
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nike_guy_man's picture

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OS X runs beautifully... no "fatal exceptions" no blue screens Smiling :) Smiling
With my PC laptop, I'd get 2-3 hrs of battery life, with this, I get around 5 or 6
My "learning curve" was quite a bit less because of my experience with Linux.
You even get a command line terminal window Smiling
I spent a day searching for a quality SSH program, only to find ones that ran in classic which wasted time and resources
I forgot the command line ssh 111.22.33.44 -l user command
Hooray!
Buy the hardware, it's worth it.
And I'm installing PHP and MySQL now (I temporarily used the Zend Development Engine while I searched)
Thanks

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Mark Hensler's picture

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I still think the hardware is overpriced. And it's only recently started using standard hardware (IDE, PCI, etc.). A good thing, IMO, because it makes it easier to upgrade.

And I just bought a 2.5GHz laptop about a month ago.

Mark Hensler
If there is no answer on Google, then there is no question.

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If you go to buy a mac, try the refurbished ones -- way cheaper, same quality and same warranty!

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