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

[Kevin Futter]

On 6/09/08 2:07 AM, "Troy Meyers" <tcmeyers at troymeyers.com> 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

I can't help with your specific problem Troy, but I would not advise moving
to MAMP. MAMP is intended as a local development environment, and the MAMP
guys themselves don't recommend it for production.

-- 
Kevin Futter
Webmaster, St. Bernard's College
http://www.sbc.melb.catholic.edu.au/


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