OS X Mountain Lion 10.8 Set Apache and PHP Web-Server

To set up a web server with Apache and PHP on OS X Mountain Lion (10.8), you can follow these steps:

1. Install Apache:

• Open the Terminal and enter the following command to start the Apache web server:

sudo apachectl start

• To verify that Apache is running, open a web browser and enter http://localhost in the address bar. You should see the Apache welcome page.

2. Install PHP:

• PHP is not installed by default on OS X Mountain Lion, so you will need to install it manually. The easiest way to do this is by using the Homebrew package manager.

• First, install Homebrew by entering the following command in the Terminal:

/usr/bin/ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"

• Next, install PHP using Homebrew:

brew install php

3. Configure Apache to use PHP:

• To enable PHP in Apache, open the Apache configuration file (/etc/apache2/httpd.conf) in a text editor:

sudo nano /etc/apache2/httpd.conf

• Search for the following line:

#LoadModule php5_module libexec/apache2/libphp5.so

• Remove the # symbol at the beginning of the line to uncomment it, then save the file and exit the text editor.

• Restart Apache for the changes to take effect:

sudo apachectl restart

Now, you should be able to create PHP files in the Apache document root (/Library/WebServer/Documents/) and access them through a web browser.

Note: These instructions are for OS X Mountain Lion (10.8). The steps may be different for other versions of OS X.