How to install and enable Apache and PHP in Mac OS X —09 April 2012

Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) comes preinstalled with Apache 2 and PHP 5, you just have to enable them.

To enable Apache, open System Preferences, go to Sharing and put a check in Web Sharing.

To enable PHP:

  1. Edit /private/etc/apache2/httpd.conf, uncomment the line LoadModule php5_module
  2. Copy /private/etc/php.ini.default to /private/etc/php.ini
  3. Restart Apache (uncheck and check again the Web Sharing box in System Preferences / Sharing)
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