Using the bundled PHP
Windows 10 and Mac OS 10.14 Mojave compatible. Includes Windows Screenwriter 6.0 & Mac Screenwriter 6.5. The Mac version is NOT OSX 10.15 Catalina or OS 11 Big Sur-compatible, though this purchase includes a free update to a compatible version when it becomes available, and we are in active Alpha testing now. However, I deployed the old Mac favourite - try the Option key - and swiping returns to the Finder! It has crashed the Finder a few times, but it seems to work. From now on, it is Option+3 finger swipes for me. crarko adds: OK, I can see I'm going to have to pony up for a Magic.
- MacOS Big Sur elevates the most advanced desktop operating system in the world to a new level of power and beauty. Experience Mac to the fullest with a refined new design. Enjoy the biggest Safari update ever. Discover new features for Maps and Messages. And get even more transparency around your privacy.
- ZoomText Mac for Blind and Low Vision Apple Computer Access. Apple maintains strict restrictions on the operating system access they allow third-party vendors to use, so at present there is only one third-party screen accessibility product available for OS X. Ai Squared offers a low-vision product called ZoomText Mac.
PHP has come standard with Macs since Mac OS X version 10.0.0. Enabling PHP with the default web server requires uncommenting a few lines in the Apache configuration file httpd.conf whereas the CGI and/or CLI are enabled by default (easily accessible via the Terminal program).
Magic By The Kilowatt: Demo Mac Os 7
Enabling PHP using the instructions below is meant for quickly setting up a local development environment. It's highly recommended to always upgrade PHP to the newest version. Like most live software, newer versions are created to fix bugs and add features and PHP being is no different. See the appropriate macOS installation documentation for further details. The following instructions are geared towards a beginner with details provided for getting a default setup to work. All users are encouraged to compile, or install a new packaged version.
Magic By The Kilowatt: Demo Mac Os 11
The standard installation type is using mod_php, and enabling the bundled mod_php on macOS for the Apache web server (the default web server, that is accessible via System Preferences) involves the following steps:
- Locate and open the Apache configuration file. By default, the location is as follows: /private/etc/apache2/httpd.conf Using
Finder
orSpotlight
to find this file may prove difficult as by default it's private and owned by theroot
user.Note: One way to open this is by using a Unix based text editor in the Terminal, for example
nano
, and because the file is owned byroot
we'll use thesudo
command to open it (asroot
) so for example type the following into theTerminal
Application (after, it will prompt for a password):sudo nano /private/etc/apache2/httpd.conf
Noteworthy nano commands:^w
(search),^o
(save), and^x
(exit) where^
represents the Ctrl key.Note: Versions of Mac OS X prior to 10.5 were bundled with older versions of PHP and Apache. As such, the Apache configuration file on legacy machines may be /etc/httpd/httpd.conf.
With a text editor, uncomment the lines (by removing the #) that look similar to the following (these two lines are often not together, locate them both in the file):
Notice the location/path. When building PHP in the future, the above files should be replaced or commented out.Be sure the desired extensions will parse as PHP (examples: .php .html and .inc)
Due to the following statement already existing in httpd.conf (as of Mac Panther), once PHP is enabled the .php files will automatically parse as PHP.
Note:
Before Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard), PHP 4 was bundled instead of PHP 5 in which case the above instructions will differ slightly by changing 5's to 4's.
- Be sure the DirectoryIndex loads the desired default index file This is also set in httpd.conf. Typically index.php and index.html are used. By default index.php is enabled because it's also in the PHP check shown above. Adjust accordingly.
- Set the php.ini location or use the default A typical default location on macOS is /usr/local/php/php.ini and a call to phpinfo() will reveal this information. If a php.ini is not used, PHP will use all default values. See also the related FAQ on finding php.ini.
- Locate or set the
DocumentRoot
This is the root directory for all the web files. Files in this directory are served from the web server so the PHP files will parse as PHP before outputting them to the browser. A typical default path is /Library/WebServer/Documents but this can be set to anything in httpd.conf. Alternatively, the default DocumentRoot for individual users is /Users/yourusername/Sites - Create a phpinfo() file
The phpinfo() function will display information about PHP. Consider creating a file in the DocumentRoot with the following PHP code:
- Restart Apache, and load the PHP file created above
To restart, either execute
sudo apachectl graceful
in the shell or stop/start the 'Personal Web Server' option in the macOS System Preferences. By default, loading local files in the browser will have an URL like so: http://localhost/info.php Or using the DocumentRoot in the user directory is another option and would end up looking like: http://localhost/~yourusername/info.php
The CLI (or CGI in older versions) is appropriately named php and likely exists as /usr/bin/php. Open up the terminal, read the command line section of the PHP manual, and execute php -v
to check the PHP version of this PHP binary. A call to phpinfo() will also reveal this information.