[Apple Pro Underwear]

How do i a go about this? the main php sites dont say too much about this and i am seeking recommendations from my macnn homies at any rate.

what i want is something like i have on my PC. a 4 way installer with apache/php/cgi/mysql that is meant for beginners like me to start on.

i think the developing experience on a PC is decent, i want to see how it is on my mac before i start building my site.

thanks




P.S. my progress is decent. i understand more of it and i found a text editor i like better than bbedit on the PC side. on risk of sounding geeky...i am having fun. i'm having a weird problem with this one script though. makes me feel like chris_h at the sheriff's station.

[Arkham_c]

Originally posted by Apple Pro Underwear:
How do i a go about this? the main php sites dont say too much about this and i am seeking recommendations from my macnn homies at any rate.

what i want is something like i have on my PC. a 4 way installer with apache/php/cgi/mysql that is meant for beginners like me to start on.

You can get simple installers for PHP and MySQL here:

http://www.entropy.ch/software/macosx/

and

http://www.mysql.com/downloads/mysql-4.0.html

Once you get those installed, try Zend Studio here:

http://www.zend.com/store/products/zend-studio.php

I don't use it (BBEdit works fine for me), but you might like it since it is specifically designed for PHP development.

[clam2000]

Another place to get binary installers is: http://www.serverlogistics.com

There are three ways to control mysql using a gui
1) PhpMyAdmin (http://phpmyadmin.sf.net)
2) YourSql (http://www.mludi.net/YourSQL/)
3) Webmin (http://www.webmin.com)


This question comes up a lot,
I wonder if there is a way to make one of these sticky.

--will

[Arkham_c]

Originally posted by clam2000:
This question comes up a lot,
I wonder if there is a way to make one of these sticky.

They're working on a forum FAQ. See the sticky notice at the top.

[alex_kac]

The one thing I'd like to know is if there is a way to do line by line debugging with breakpoints with PHP on the Mac.

[clam2000]

PHP has pretty good errors, it will tell you what line the error occured on, so you can figure out what you need to chage pretty easily.

--will

[alex_kac]

Yes, howeve when you want to watch what's going in the vars, you have to do a bunch of echos. That's 1970's debugging.

I KNOW you can do it - I've seen support for it, but I'm curious if/who has done it on the Mac.