PHP FORUM UNDER OSX???

[(LiMEtte)]

is it possible to create a php forum under mac os x...
and if the answer is yes,

- do i need to be a super programmer or...
- can i put it on a free server...
- do you like my new shoes.... (hmmm off topic but its important for me)

and if the answer is no,

- do i have other option...
- is it possible that nobody care about my new shoes



some of my friend at the college want to create a forum for exchanging information etc. etc...

no one know how to do it so... thats why i call for help here





thx in advance!
good day!

[Lucifer]

Yes, you just need to install and confiure apache and php. OS X is unix, so it'll support it. Just google "Apache os x" and you'll no doubt find a package you can download and install.

And no, I don't like your new shoes. Maybe you could sway me by posting a picture...

[dlh]

Mac OS X already has apache installed, but PHP is not. Download the PHP package from <http://www.entropy.ch/software/macosx/php/>. You will be hosting the forum on your computer?

Edit: And I forget if MySql is installed on default systems. I think it isn't. You can download the mysql package from the same site.

[(LiMEtte)]

hey thx guys...
im gonna check that and im gonna give you update about it!

half smack!!!

[Lucifer]

I like LimEtte! She's so exuberant! She could work at Yahoo!!

[(LiMEtte)]

ops!!!

nemo
you’re adress looks wrong...
im gonna check later if its just a temporary down server.

the other half!!!

[(LiMEtte)]

haha! Luci...

i dont think so... im a graphic designer, not a programmer so this is why i ask if its too complicate or maybe possible...

and i dont want to work for Yahoo

1/32 smack!
limer.

[(LiMEtte)]

Mac OS X already has apache installed, but PHP is not. Download the PHP package from <http://www.entropy.ch/software/macosx/php/>. You will be hosting the forum on your computer?

Edit: And I forget if MySql is installed on default systems. I think it isn't. You can download the mysql package from the same site.

forgot to answer that one about the hosting...
if i host it on my computer, its less complicated? (stupid question, i think i already know the answer)...



smack bag is empty!
im gonna buy another bag.

[dlh]

Yea, the site is down. You'd probably be better of hosting the site on a paid webhost if you don't know what you are doing. If you host it on your computer, you'd have to leave it on all the time, . Alot of webhosts have setups now where you can click a button and it will install the forum software for you.

[Lucifer]

Hey nemo, I don't mean to be a grammar nazi, but "you're" means "you are". I think you want "your" in your signature...

[dlh]

Hey nemo, I don't mean to be a grammar nazi, but "you're" means "you are". I think you want "your" in your signature...

I know what it means, typo. :\

[andrea]

Hello Limette, nice shoes!

Doesn't OS X come with PHP preinstalled, but not enabled? Anyway the link for PHP is:
http://www.entropy.ch/software/macosx/php/

You will also want to install mysql, I think. You can get it from the official site, http://www.mysql.com in a nice install package. Get mysql 4.1.*

In my opinion you guys should collect the 100 bucks a year needed and get a space on some hosting co.
Another option could be to use some free forum/mailing list such as yahoogroups.

- Andrea

[CoffeeTeeCat]

MAMP - Macintosh, Apache, Mysql and PHP
NOTE: You must install MAMP in /Applications. against /Users/yourhome/Applications or any other directory.

XOOPS - dynamic web content management system
NOTE: Once you dearchive the downloaded file, it contains folders(html, docs, extras)
XOOPS uses only html directory and it should be placed in htdocs under MAMP folder.

first, you need to create a database for brah brah brah...

[wrtlprnft]

XAMPP -exists for Linux, Solaris, Max OS X and Windows.