[FX.php List] Advice on Leopard, Apache 2, PHP w/ GD, Entropy and MAMP

[Bob Patin]

Troy,

I don't know if this pertains to your issue or not, but when I put PHP  
5 on one of my web servers and then turned on webmail, it turned on  
PHP 4 as a default, probably because that is what it was written to use.

As a result, web services wouldn't restart until I found the cause and  
turned PHP 4 off again. This one drove me crazy until I realized that  
SquirrelMail was doing it.

This may be totally unrelated to your situation and if so, you'll know  
where to file this email! :)

HTH,

Bob Patin
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On Sep 5, 2008, at 11:07 AM, Troy Meyers wrote:

> We've just received a new duo-core Intel Mac Mini that came with  
> Leopard and Apache 2.2 installed. The plan was to get this so that,  
> without disturbing our existing Tiger Apache 1.3 / WPE machine, I  
> could set up an SSL server and test it, so that I'd be able to swap  
> it in when I was confident that all components, Apache SSL, PHP, and  
> WPE were working as needed.
>
> I had thought it would be easy because (supposedly) you just do a  
> little Terminal work to turn on the SSL capability in Apache 2.2.  
> This may be the case, but I've run into a roadblock even before  
> getting that far.
>
> On the existing PHP machine I've been using the Entropy  
> installation, which I needed because we need the GD library.
>
> On the new machine, I installed the FMS9A 9.0v3 "full" (since it's  
> Leopard) with the "Multiple Machines" and "Worker" options. That  
> appeared to go fine, though I never went as far as reconfiguring the  
> deployment... not ready for that yet.
>
> Then, I tried installing the Entropy PHP 5.2.4 package for Apache 2  
> (entropy-php-5.2.4-1-apache2.tar). It is listed for MacOS 10.4, but  
> I thought since 10.5 wasn't mentioned anywhere it'd still be OK.  
> This threw an error at the end of the installation. It killed Apache  
> too.
>
> I hit the old posts in forums, and it looks like this is a well  
> known problem without a clear-cut solution, and that the Entropy guy  
> (Marc Liyanage) isn't/doesn't have time to come out with a new  
> version. It's been months. Lots of fixes have been posted, but it  
> looks like none work well for the majority.
>
> Some have suggested that abandoning Entropy PHP and moving to MAMP (http://www.mamp.info/en/mamp.html 
> ) as the solution. It sounds promising, but looking on that forum  
> too shows that it hasn't been trouble-free. I'm not sure if I should  
> take that plunge.
>
> So, I have burning questions.
>
> Is anyone using the WPE, Apache 2.2, and a PHP version with GD,  
> (with or without SSL, I guess) on and Intel Mac Mini (or similar)  
> under Leopard?
>
> What other PHP options are there that include GD, that will work on  
> this machine?
>
> Will MAMP work with the WPE?
>
> What order of install is best-- FMS, PHP, enable SSL?
>
> I've wiped the new machine so that I can start over. If anyone can  
> give me some advice I'd really appreciate it!
>
> -Troy
>
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