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Updating your local Apache/PHP

Younghusband (18 pencils) | Wed, 2004-10-27 17:46
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After reading the brilliant tutorial for Testing drive dynamic websites locally I thought I would take it one step further and figure out how to update my local PHP and Apache to the most recent builds. If you would like to do the same check out these pages from www.serverlogistics.com:

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Ivan | Wed, 2004-10-27 19:34

nice. thanks! do you know what benefits do these updates give?

btw. there is php 5 out already, but not all the engines run on php 5, so it's better not to install it, altough it's not very difficult to have two installations and switch between them.

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Younghusband | Thu, 2004-10-28 10:18

Well, since most hosts keep updated PHP I think it is advisable that your test environment be up to date as well. These packages come with a number of useul modules that you may want to use, or at least play with in your local testing environment.

I think the readme's in those downloads have changelogs.

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Younghusband | Thu, 2004-10-28 13:19

I forgot to post the link for the updated MySQL:

Complete MySQL

The readme's in all of these files are pretty straightforward, I got mine going in no-time.

Enjoy!

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longlife | Mon, 2004-11-01 07:31

what have you got installed? Are you testing your own code?

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Younghusband | Mon, 2004-11-01 07:35

Installed?

Yes, I test my own code. It is really conveneint when debugging because of the speed (don't have to upload and test everytime). And if your host only allows 1 MySQL databases you can test other things on your own computer without purchasing more DBs.

I find it really convenient.

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Ivan | Mon, 2004-11-01 19:19

i just wanted to say, that be careful with PHP5, becuse Drupal doesn't yet support it. it has to run on PHP4.

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Ivan | Wed, 2004-11-03 14:57

I found this link to MAMP (The abbreviation stands for Macintosh, Apache, Mysql and PHP.) on CafeLisa

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MAMP is a compilation of Apache, Mysql, PHP, Turck MMCache and phpMyAdmin for Macintosh OS X. It includes an easy to use cocoa program to start and stop the servers. Everything will be installed in one folder, so it is very easy to uninstall. MAMP's Apache server runs on different ports than the Apache which is shipped with OS X, so you can run the OS X Apache and the MAMP Apache at the same time. MAMP does not require a root account, it can be run under a normal user account.

Has anyone tried this yet?

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