[andretan]

I did a little read-up about setting up a PHP based web-store on OS X... and after some google searches and a few other reads, I understand that I need to "activate" PHP and Apache on my Mac.

(I'm running Panther by the way.)

I came across this link which had a pretty much simple to understand guide to installing PHP.

I've done so but I can't get the web-store to work though. Am trying out osCommerce.

I'm still very new to this PHP thing.

Am I still short of any anything? Do I need those mysql apps?

Any advice would be handy.
Much appreciated

[macgyvr64]

What other e-commerce stores are there that are PHP-based? I like the looks of iSell, but it's for MacDock customers. eSellerate looked good until I saw some comments made over at nsLog about it. What else is out there?

[Lucidwray]

I have used CubeCart in the past to do PHP based ecommerce stores. $59 for a full version and you get everything. The code is super clean and very easy to modify to suit your needs. It worked perfect for our needs. I have never used it on a Mac OS X server, only Redhat 9, but with a full PHP install on Mac OS X there shouldn't be any problems.

http://www.cubecart.com

[genevish]

Originally posted by andretan:
I did a little read-up about setting up a PHP based web-store on OS X... and after some google searches and a few other reads, I understand that I need to "activate" PHP and Apache on my Mac.

(I'm running Panther by the way.)

I came across this link which had a pretty much simple to understand guide to installing PHP.

I've done so but I can't get the web-store to work though. Am trying out osCommerce.

I'm still very new to this PHP thing.

Am I still short of any anything? Do I need those mysql apps?

Any advice would be handy.
Much appreciated

Well, the first thing would be some more information about what "doesn't work". Does PHP itself work? Try creating an index.php file with:

Code:
<?php
phpinfo();
?>

As for "those mysql apps", the front page of the osCommerce site does indicate you need the MySQL database server running to use the software. There's a Mac OS X installer pkg on the MySQL site:

http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/mysql/4.1.html

-Scott

[andretan]

Originally posted by genevish:
Well, the first thing would be some more information about what "doesn't work". Does PHP itself work? Try creating an index.php file with:

Code:
<?php
phpinfo();
?>

As for "those mysql apps", the front page of the osCommerce site does indicate you need the MySQL database server running to use the software. There's a Mac OS X installer pkg on the MySQL site:

http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/mysql/4.1.html

-Scott

Sorry for the late reply, PHP does work now.