Alternatively, you can get MAMP.(http://www.mamp.info/en/index.html). Although it means setting up a non-80 port for http, it works just fine. Cheers. Fil
On 5 August 2010 11:43, Jim Hu <ji...@tamu.edu> wrote: > Those running MW on Mac OSX have a problem, as the php version shipped with > XCode is still 5.3.1, which doesn't work with MW > 1.14. With the entropy > php no longer being updated AFAIK, this means that Mac-based sites need to > use something like MacPorts, compile from source (which is apparently > nontrivial due to other Apple-specific issues) or stay with 1.14 or earlier > until Apple updates php via Software Update. > > For what it's worth, I spoke to an Apple rep yesterday, who told me that > Apple is aware of the problem, is working deploying php 5.3.3, and that they > heard a lot of complaints about php based on problems with MW. He thought > there would be an update "soon", after they finish their testing. So, I'm > going to take the wait for a software update approach for now (I would have > used entropy php if it was still being updated). The other interesting > thing he told me is that issues get moved up Apple's priorities based on the > number of tickets from Applecare. I would not have thought about > complaining about XCode php on Applecare, but he assured me that that's the > best way to make the wheel squeakier. > > ===================================== > Jim Hu > Associate Professor > Dept. of Biochemistry and Biophysics > 2128 TAMU > Texas A&M Univ. > College Station, TX 77843-2128 > 979-862-4054 > > > _______________________________________________ > MediaWiki-l mailing list > MediaWiki-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l > -- Filippo A. Salustri, Ph.D., P.Eng. Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Ryerson University 350 Victoria St, Toronto, ON M5B 2K3, Canada Tel: 416/979-5000 ext 7749 Fax: 416/979-5265 Email: salus...@ryerson.ca http://deseng.ryerson.ca/~fil/ _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list MediaWiki-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
