On 2012-11-06, at 2:47 PM, Jeff Dyke wrote: > On Tue, Nov 6, 2012 at 5:10 PM, Ben Johnson <b...@indietorrent.org> wrote: > > > On 11/6/2012 3:56 PM, Norman Fournier wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I am upgrading my php from 4 to 5 on OSX 10.4. The upgrade docs pointed me > > to the Apache UNIX install guide. I uncommented the appropriate sections of > > httpd.conf but php 4x is returned with phpinfo.php. > > > > My question is where do I put the php 5 files in the OSX hierarchy? Or > > better, how do I upgrade? Apologies if this is off topic. > > > > Thank you. > > Norman > > --- > > www: http://www.normanfournier.com > > facebook: http://www.facebook.com/normanfournierdotcom > > linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=18127460 > > youtube: http://www.youtube.com/user/normanfournier > > > > Unless you consider yourself to be an expert, and would prefer to > configure every element of your stack independently, I recommend that > you do yourself a real favor and install MAMP: > > http://www.mamp.info > > I would normally stay 1000 miles away, but this is a bit of a sore spot with > me....if you plan on doing _anything_ outside of what MAMP provides, learn to > compile your own stuff. I've lost so many hours to supporting people(some of > my dev staff) who thought MAMP was a great idea, but then wanted to do > something slightly different and it took us days and ended up destroying MAMP > and rebuilding, not b/c we couldn't get it working, but b/c it was a more > sustainable option as more upgrades and updates were needed in the future, > your development environment is never a "install once" world. Personally, I > compile everything on my iMac, but what about homebrew? > > But to Ben's P.S - Upgrade first, then start installing...what ever your > final decision may be, MAMP, compiling or homebrew. Especially if you're > moving from PHP4 to PHP5. > > -Ben > > P.S. Why you're using OS 10.4 is none of my business, but I won't be > surprised if that soon becomes a bottleneck for you with respect to > software availability. >
Software bottlenecks like the one this post demonstrates, but OSX 10.4 is all the old G4 will support and I don't believe in throwing away perfectly good tools, and UNIX is a perfectly good tool. I run more recent software on my workstation. Norman --- www: http://www.normanfournier.com facebook: http://www.facebook.com/normanfournierdotcom linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=18127460 youtube: http://www.youtube.com/user/normanfournier
