## Compiling for MacOS X Client

The following instructions will help you install a PHP module for the Apache web server included in MacOS X. This version includes support for the MySQL and PostgreSQL databases. These instructions are graciously provided by » Marc Liyanage.

Warning

Be careful when you do this, you could screw up your Apache web server!

Do this to install:

1. Open a terminal window.
2. Type `wget http://www.diax.ch/users/liyanage/software/macosx/libphp4.so.gz` , wait for the download to finish.
3. Type `gunzip libphp4.so.gz` .
4. Type `sudo apxs -i -a -n php4 libphp4.so`

5. Now type `sudo open -a TextEdit /etc/httpd/httpd.conf` . TextEdit will open with the web server configuration file. Locate these two lines towards the end of the file: (Use the Find command)

       #AddType application/x-httpd-php .php
       #AddType application/x-httpd-php-source .phps

   Remove the two hash marks (#), then save the file and quit TextEdit.
6. Finally, type `sudo apachectl graceful` to restart the web server.

PHP should now be up and running. You can test it by dropping a file into your Sites folder which is called test.php. Into that file, write this line: <?php phpinfo() ?>.

Now open up 127.0.0.1/~your_username/test.php in your web browser. You should see a status table with information about the PHP module.