MacOS – PHP on OSX 10.10

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How do I install/allow php to run on Yosemite? I've read a lot about doing stuff through terminal, but none of the 'tutorials' are thorough, they just tell me to do 'sudo….' I've tried it, and still, I cannot get php files to work (I'm making a website and I need a php file).

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If you are not very familiar with the command line and config files (and it appears that you are not) then get Apple's Server app (US$20 at the app store). PHP then becomes a check-the-box setup option, as does local DNS (also essential).

The only common web-related app you will actually need to install via the command line is mysql. There is a package installer on Oracle's website.

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I strongly suggest you use the package installer or use a full stack of configuration options when compiling, including the --prefix option so you know where the binary gets installed to.

I can only guess PHP 5.4 installed itself into /usr/local/bin or somewhere else and didn't just overwrite the default binary in /usr/bin. And you seem to have not modified your PATH variable to prioritise the bin directory of /usr/local with e.g. PATH="/usr/local/bin:$PATH" in your .bash_profile. So, it's expected running php will still use /usr/bin/php and not /usr/local/bin/php.

Alternatively, you could just symlink the new php binary to /usr/bin/php, (delete or rename the default binary before that):

ln -s /usr/local/bin/php /usr/bin/php

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This fixes it (after changing apache to run as the user who has node or by giving access to _www).

putenv('PATH=' . getenv('PATH') . ':/usr/local/bin');

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