On Tue, Nov 6, 2012 at 6:54 PM, Norman Fournier <nor...@normanfournier.com>wrote:
> On 2012-11-06, at 2:47 PM, Jeff Dyke wrote: > > On Tue, Nov 6, 2012 at 5:10 PM, Ben Johnson <b...@indietorrent.org> wrote: > >> >> >> On 11/6/2012 3:56 PM, Norman Fournier wrote: >> > Hello, >> > >> > I am upgrading my php from 4 to 5 on OSX 10.4. The upgrade docs pointed >> me to the Apache UNIX install guide. I uncommented the appropriate sections >> of httpd.conf but php 4x is returned with phpinfo.php. >> > >> > My question is where do I put the php 5 files in the OSX hierarchy? Or >> better, how do I upgrade? Apologies if this is off topic. >> > >> > Thank you. >> > Norman >> > --- >> > www: http://www.normanfournier.com >> > facebook: http://www.facebook.com/normanfournierdotcom >> > linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=18127460 >> > youtube: http://www.youtube.com/user/normanfournier >> > >> >> Unless you consider yourself to be an expert, and would prefer to >> configure every element of your stack independently, I recommend that >> you do yourself a real favor and install MAMP: >> >> http://www.mamp.info >> >> I would normally stay 1000 miles away, but this is a bit of a sore spot > with me....if you plan on doing _anything_ outside of what MAMP provides, > learn to compile your own stuff. I've lost so many hours to supporting > people(some of my dev staff) who thought MAMP was a great idea, but then > wanted to do something slightly different and it took us days and ended up > destroying MAMP and rebuilding, not b/c we couldn't get it working, but b/c > it was a more sustainable option as more upgrades and updates were needed > in the future, your development environment is never a "install once" > world. Personally, I compile everything on my iMac, but what about > homebrew? > > But to Ben's P.S - Upgrade first, then start installing...what ever your > final decision may be, MAMP, compiling or homebrew. Especially if you're > moving from PHP4 to PHP5. > > -Ben >> >> P.S. Why you're using OS 10.4 is none of my business, but I won't be >> surprised if that soon becomes a bottleneck for you with respect to >> software availability. >> >> > Software bottlenecks like the one this post demonstrates, but OSX 10.4 is > all the old G4 will support and I don't believe in throwing away perfectly > good tools, and UNIX is a perfectly good tool. I run more recent software > on my workstation. > > If unix is your tool and you correct its a perfectly good one....compile. > Norman > --- > www: http://www.normanfournier.com > facebook: http://www.facebook.com/normanfournierdotcom > linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=18127460 > youtube: http://www.youtube.com/user/normanfournier > > >
