Tech: Quick Start Apache Server w/ PHP on OSX Mavericks

1. Set up the built-in Apache server to enable PHP

$ sudo cp /private/etc/apache2/httpd.conf /private/etc/apache2/httpd.conf.pre-php-enable
$ sudo sed -e 's/^#\(LoadModule php5_module.*\)/\1/' /private/etc/apache2/httpd.conf.pre-php-enable > /private/etc/apache2/httpd.conf

2. Create a useable version of the PHP ini file

$ sudo cp /private/etc/php.ini.default /private/etc/php.ini

3. Create a user-specific Apache config file

$ sudo echo '
<Directory "/Users/$LOGNAME/Sites/">
Options Indexes Multiviews
AllowOverride AuthConfig Limit
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>
' > /etc/apache2/users/$LOGNAME.conf

4. Start the server

$ sudo apachectl start

5. Create a test file

$ echo 'echo "Hello World!";?>' > $HOME/Sites/hw.php

6. Validate everything is working

$ curl http://localhost/~$LOGNAME/hw.php
Hello World!

7. Launch Xcode to do more interesting edits

$ open -a /Applications/Xcode.app $HOME/Sites/hw.php

 Biblio:

• http://osxdaily.com/2012/09/02/start-apache-web-server-mac-os-x/
• http://foundationphp.com/tutorials/php_leopard.php
• http://www.w3schools.com/php/php_syntax.asp
• http://lexsheehan.blogspot.com/2013/04/open-file-with-xcode-editor-from.html