Configuring Apache + PHP + MySQL in Mac OS X 10.8

Configuring Apache+PHP+MySQL in Mac OS X 10.8 includes:

1. Configuring Apache
2. Configure PHP
3. Install MySQL
4. Configure PHPAdmin
5. Set database default character set

1. Configure Apache

1. Start Apache

Open the terminal and enter:

sudo apachectl start

Open the browser and enter:

http://localhost

You should see the "It works!" page, which is located in the /Library/WebServer/Documents/ directory, which is the default root directory of Apache.

2. Configure user access directory

In the terminal enter:

mkdir ~/Sites
cp /Library/WebServer/Documents/index.html.en index.html

Create a new directory named Sites in the user directory as the access path to the user directory, and copy /Library/WebServer/Documents/index.html to the user directory

Enter:

<span style="color: #000000;">cd /etc/apache2/users/
sudo vi apple.conf</span>

Note: apple is your username.

In vi, press i to start typing and enter the following:

<Directory "/Users/apple/Sites/">
　　Options Indexes MultiViews
　　AllowOverride All
　　Order allow,deny
　　Allow from all
</Directory>

After completing the input, press the ESC key, then enter: wq, save and close vi.

Note: The first line of the file is used to specify the location of the user directory, where apple is your username.

In the terminal enter:

sudo apachectl restart

Restart Apache and now you can access it in the browser:

http://localhost/~apple

2. Configure PHP

In the terminal enter:

cd /etc/apache2/
sudo vi httpd.conf

In vi, enter /php to search for text containing php and find:

#LoadModule php5_module libexec/apache2/libphp5.so

Delete the # in front, then save and exit. (Press shift i to enter at the beginning of the line, press ESC to exit editing, press x to delete the current character, and #, enter: wq, save and exit.)

Enter in the terminal:

cd /etc
sudo cp php.ini.default php.ini
sudo apachectl restart

Enter in the terminal:

cd ~/Sites
vi info.php

Then enter the following into info.php:

<span style="color: #0000ff;"><span style="color: #800000;">html</span><span style="color: #0000ff;">><span style="color: #800000;">body</span><span style="color: #0000ff;">><span style="color: #800000;">h1</span><span style="color: #0000ff;">></span>It works!<span style="color: #0000ff;"></span><span style="color: #800000;">h1</span><span style="color: #0000ff;">></span><span style="color: #0000ff;"></span><span style="color: #ff00ff;">php phpinfo(); </span><span style="color: #0000ff;">?></span><span style="color: #0000ff;"></span><span style="color: #800000;">body</span><span style="color: #0000ff;">></span><span style="color: #800000;">html</span><span style="color: #0000ff;">></span></span></span></span>

Enter in the browser:

http://localhost/~apple/info.php

3. Install Mysql

1. Download mysql-5.6.12-osx10.7-x86_64.dmg from the Mysql official website and double-click to open the dmg file.

2. Run mysql-5.6.12-osx10.7-x86_64.pkg to install the main package;

3. Run MySQLStartupItem.pkg to let mysql run automatically at boot;

4. Run MySQL.prefPane and add the mysql service management option in the system preferences;

Enter in the terminal:

<span style="color: #0000ff;">sudo</span> <span style="color: #0000ff;">chmod</span> +<span style="color: #0000ff;">w</span><span style="color: #000000;"> bashrc

</span><span style="color: #0000ff;">sudo</span> <span style="color: #0000ff;">vi</span> /etc/bashrc

Add the following two command aliases at the end of bashrc to facilitate quick use of mysql

#mysql
alias mysql='/usr/local/mysql/bin/mysql'
alias mysqladmin='/usr/local/mysql/bin/mysqladmin'

Tip: After adding the command alias in bashrc, you need to restart the terminal.

Change the default password of mysql and enter in the terminal:

mysqladmin -u root password "123"

You can specify any password at position 123.

If you want to change your password, you can enter

mysqladmin -u root -p password "123"

Before changing the password, you need to enter the previous correct password.

4. Configure PHPAdmin

1. Download PHPAdmin, extract it to the ~/Sites directory, and rename the directory to: phpmyadmin;

2. Enter in the browser:

http://localhost/~apple/phpmyadmin/setup/

Just add a server configuration.

5. Set the database default character set

Enter in the terminal:

mysql -u root -p
# 创建名为 mydb 的数据库
create database mydb;
# 将 mydb 的默认字符集设置为 utf8
alter database mydb default character set = utf8;

Note: The default character set used by mysql is latin1, which does not support Chinese and needs to be set.

Get it done and call it a day :)

P.S.

There are many documents on the Internet about configuring php mysql on mac. This article only focuses on my usage needs and simply records the steps. :)