apache en os x leopard

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Leopard comes with Apache 2 and PHP 5 preinstalled. All we need to do is activate it.

1a – Change the apache conf file to activate PHP

1. Using a text editor such as smultron, TextMate or command line tool Pico, which lets you open hidden files. Open Apache’s conf file on your system at /private/etc/apache2/httpd.conf
   On Pico open terminal and type
   sudo pico /private/etc/apache2/httpd.conf
   For TextMate
   mate /private/etc/apache2/httpd.conf
2. Search for this line –
   #LoadModule php5_module libexec/apache2/libphp5.so
3. Remove the hash and you will have php 5 available for use –
   LoadModule php5_module libexec/apache2/libphp5.so
4. Save and authenticate

1b – Turn on web sharing in Leopard

1. On OS X Go to system preferences > sharing
2. Tick the web sharing box

You should now be online!

Enter localhost in your browser, you should see the apache webpage.

You then put your files in /Library/WebServer/Documents

e.g. i put a folder called website inside the Documents folder. I can access this by typing localhost/website in my browser.

Easy!

1c – Optional – changing the location of your websites to the Sites folder in your home directory

Some people prefer not to keep their development files in /Library/WebServer/Documents. Fortunately its very easy to set up Apache so that it gets the files from your Sites folder.

Using a text editor such as smultron, TextMate or command line tool Pico, which lets you open hidden files, open Apache’s conf file on your system at /private/etc/apache2/httpd.conf

On Pico open terminal and type sudo pico /private/etc/apache2/httpd.conf

For TextMate
mate /private/etc/apache2/httpd.conf

Find this:


#
# DocumentRoot: The directory out of which you will serve your
# documents. By default, all requests are taken from this directory, but
# symbolic links and aliases may be used to point to other locations.
#
DocumentRoot "/Library/WebServer/Documents"


and replace with the path to your sites folder, mine is “/Users/myname/Sites”, myname is the name of my home directory.

e.g.


DocumentRoot "/Users/myname/Sites"


Then find the code:


#
# This should be changed to whatever you set DocumentRoot to.
#



And change there as well, e.g.


myname/Sites">


Now when you type localhost into your browser, it will give you the contents of your Sites folder.