osx - Fail to load php module macports

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2014-03
  • coubeatczech


    I'm trying to install php module via macports. I have them installed, so I run 

    cd /opt/local/apache2/modules
sudo /opt/local/apache2/bin/apxs -a -e -n "php5" mod_php54.so

    Then I'll ensure myself, it's loaded, I see in httpd.conf:

    LoadModule php5_module modules/mod_php54.so

    Then I can see php54.so file exists in modules directory. Then I restart the apache with below command: sudo /opt/local/apache2/bin/apachectl -k restart But when I send query to load modules with apachectl -M command, I can't see any php5 entry. Also, .php files aren't interpreted now, I can only see the sources.

    What was my mistake?

    • Answers
  • Jerry Seeger

    I wrote comprehensive instructions here, but the main thing is that you need to make further edits to httpd.conf to tell it how to interpret .php files and to use index.php.

    The key lines are

    AddHandler application/x-httpd-php .php

    and

    DirectoryIndex index.html index.php

    There's a lot more at the referenced link, along with long-winded explanations of every step.


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  • Darren Newton

    I just upgraded my MBP to Snow Leopard (OS X 10.6), which took PHP to 5.3

    This is great, except I use my MBP as my development machine and I use a lot of PHP libs and frameworks (namely CakePHP 1.2) which are not compatible at the moment with PHP 5.3. CakePHP in particular does not have a stable version for PHP 5.3 so its not a matter of upgrading the framework (and the production servers are under PHP 5.2 anyway.)

    Is there a way to install PHP 5.2.9 alongside PHP 5.3 and then using httpd.conf or .htaccess tell Apache which version of PHP to use for a particular directory?

    Alternatively is there a way to do this with MacPorts?

    Thanks!


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  • Predominant

    Mark Story has written a great article on how to achieve this. He is a CakePHP core developer, and uses this setup for work and cakephp development.

    http://mark-story.com/posts/view/maintaining-two-versions-of-php-with-macports

  • nathan

    I suggest downloading the PHP distribution you would like as source, and then set ./configure parameter options (see ./configure --help) so the software is installed either in a unique location or with the version number appended to the name. This way when you run make install the PHP 5.3 install is not overwritten. Finally setup a separate suffix mapping in Apache which routes to version you'd like, or override the default PHP mapping for the VirtualHost or Directory stanza where your scripts are located.

  • Garry

    I am maintaining some build scripts as part of the Homebrew project that will let you do just that (at least the installation part) very easily. I blogged about it - http://boztek.net/blog/2009/10/07/install-lamp-stack-source-mac-os-x-106-snow-leopard-using-homebrew

  • Duo

    Here is another suggestion: http://cuadradevelopment.com/blog/26/multiple-php-versions-with-apache-using-fastcgi-on-os-x