I had a PHP 5 installation on my MacBook Pro that ran perfectly in OS X Leopard. After I upgraded to Snow Leopard, however, it looks like the OS can't find PHP. When I click on a link to a php page on my localhost website, I get the source of the php page instead of the rendered page. I'm assuming that the PATH variable was probably changed during the upgrade. Can anyone tell me what the name of the php executable file is and where it might be located? I've searched, but haven't found anything that looks like it might be what I'm looking for. Thanks....
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PHP5 Problem after Snow Leopard Upgrade
- Thread starter peterv12
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it's more likely that the httpd.conf file was overwritten (along with the whole php installation) and hence the files are not being parsed by php.
to re-enable php i would do the following:
1. turn off web sharing
2. load up terminal
3. type the following code
look for the line that has the following
and delete the starting # sign. if the line is not present, add it somewhere sensible (at the end of the loadModule commands)
save the file in nano (ctrl-X then follow the prompts)
restart the web sharing and try out a php page.
phpinfo will tell you where your current php.ini is located. typically there is not one set up for new installations.
php.ini should typically be stored in /etc if you look there you should see various php.ini.* files. take the default version (or the one names -previous) and cp it to php.ini. then just in case do this
if you need to edit php.ini (for example to add the required time/locale information) remember to use sudo to do so
nb it is unlikely that you will have a mysql installation if you have done a fresh install of mysql. if you had it before an have just upgraded (which is what you say), mysql will be there but may not be working. let us know if that is the case. there are ways to get it working again (i think) but a reinstall is probably best.
alternativs are MAMP installations such as and XAMPP. of these i prefer MAMP as it is encapsulated in userland. if i want to uninstall or upgrade i just junk the folder and download a new copy for the internet.
to re-enable php i would do the following:
1. turn off web sharing
2. load up terminal
3. type the following code
Code:
cd /etc/apache2
sudo nano httpd.conf
[enter password]look for the line that has the following
Code:
#LoadModule php5_module libexec/apache2/libphp5.sosave the file in nano (ctrl-X then follow the prompts)
restart the web sharing and try out a php page.
phpinfo will tell you where your current php.ini is located. typically there is not one set up for new installations.
php.ini should typically be stored in /etc if you look there you should see various php.ini.* files. take the default version (or the one names -previous) and cp it to php.ini. then just in case do this
Code:
sudo chown root:wheel php.iniif you need to edit php.ini (for example to add the required time/locale information) remember to use sudo to do so
Code:
sudo nano php.ininb it is unlikely that you will have a mysql installation if you have done a fresh install of mysql. if you had it before an have just upgraded (which is what you say), mysql will be there but may not be working. let us know if that is the case. there are ways to get it working again (i think) but a reinstall is probably best.
alternativs are MAMP installations such as and XAMPP. of these i prefer MAMP as it is encapsulated in userland. if i want to uninstall or upgrade i just junk the folder and download a new copy for the internet.
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