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Kyle
Asked: 2010-12-27 15:18:49 +0800 CST

Webservers for development on OSX

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Hey I want to build some web junk on OSX, I just want the software to be installed in a manageable package, like all the other good OSX stuff. preferably lighttpd but apache works too.

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3 Answers

  1. Mac OS X comes with Apache pre-installed. You do not need to install anything.

    Here's a link to a tutorial:

    http://shapeshed.com/journal/setting_up_local_websites_on_snow_leopard/

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  2. I've been using MAMP on OSX which is pretty easy to set up and manage. You can use it for PHP/MySQL development served by Apache Web-server on your local machine.

    http://www.mamp.info/en/index.html

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  3. Best Answer

    The built in Apache server on OS-X is probably your best bet. It comes with the PHP module pre-installed and with OS-X having ruby, perl, and python; there's no CGI-configuration necessary.

    you'll find the configuration files here:

    Apache:

    /private/etc/apache2/httpd.conf

    PHP:

    /private/etc/php.ini
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