I have Windows 7 Enterprise and I want to run a web server on this computer and I wander what is the best web server would be in my case. I have several requirements to the web server.
It should be easy to install and set up the server. Just "click", "accept" and that's it.
It should support MySQL and PHP (with GET, POST, SESSION, and cookies).
I want to be able to install the server from CD or memory stick. In other words, I want to be able to download something on my CD and than use this CD to install the web server.
The server (software) should not occupy a lot of memory.
It should be possible to install the web server on Linux, Windows and MAC.
Install Z-WAMP. It has the latest versions of Apache, MySQL and PHP (with APC and phyMyAdmin). It's also portable so you can have it installed on a mem stick.
XAMPP is very simple to install and use.
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Further:
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Not quite sure if this is what you mean but take a look at AppServ it installs Apache, PHP and MySQL for you with one installation file.
If you combine requirement 1, 3 and 5 you make it extremely difficult.
There is not just one package that you can install on boot *nix and windows. Simply because they use a different Operating System with other drive mappings, libraries, etc.
But for Windows I recommend one of the XAMP/WAMP implementation (I'm not a Windows User). For Mac there is MAMP. On other *nix based systems I always used predefined packages or a manualy compiled amount of packages which does not meet your requirements.
Latest OSX has buildin PHP and Apache. You only have to enable Apache in your system pref panel. MySQL can be installed.
It's also possible to use XAMPP for osx. Can be installed from CD
As for Windows you can use WAMP or XAMPP. This package includes Apache, PHP and MySQL. Can be installed from CD.
Most Linux distro's have apache build in. And it's easy to configure PHP and MySQL for it. You can also use XAMPP for linux:
LAMP for linux
XAMPP for mac
and WAMP for win
Different gui almost the same thing easy to setup and configure.
The big advantages with WAMP are that you can easily switch PHP/Apache/MySQL version and toggle PHP settings + extensions, directly from the taskbar.
That's why I'm using it.
Note: Even though you can't download the latest PHP version from their site, it's very easy to install it yourself.
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I've made a mess out of my MAMP setup. I used it all the time for WordPress and Drupal work, but now I want to try and learn Rails. After trying to get Rails installed, I now have 2 versions of MySQL competing with each other—and of course neither works anymore.
So: I'm wondering what the 'proper' way is to set this up so that they play nicely together.
Advice on setting up a 'proper' Mac OS development environment for PHP and Rails extremely welcome.
Thanks
Terry
Using Homebrew and RVM is the only way I recommend setting up a Rails environment on OS X these days. Homebrew gives you a really easy way to install and upgrade applications like MySQL, and RVM makes installing and working with Ruby a breeze. As far as working with PHP and Apache, you should be able to use the Homebrew MySQL install with the existing MAMP setup, as long as you turn off MAMP's MySQL server.
The only other thing you may need to do is install Apple's Xcode developer tools in order to compile the various packages.
Like someone wrote in the comments I will take the VM approach anytime. Just run a linux distribution in a virtual machine with all the modules you need. You can even run/ test different environments. Easy to setup/ upgrade/ replace and you don't have to fiddle around your working os.
I run osx (working environment) and a debian server installation in a virtual box as my webserver (running apache, php, mysql, rails). I switched over from a MAMP configuration and it saved me alot of stress and work (Think about upgrading different MAMP components, really is a pain sometimes)
I need to test some php code, what light-server can i install on my computer?
Try WampServer for a quick install of Apache, mySQL, PHP and Perl if you use Windows.
There are a few of these kinds of applications for various OSs, such as Xampp for Linux and Mamp for Mac
Well, on Windows or Linux (and probably Mac), I like Apache. It might not be ultra-lightweight, but it is very configurable and has been solid for me in the past.
Apache
I forgot how confusing their pages can be at first. I think this is the page you want, just make sure you get the right version for your OS:
Download Page
A solution that has always worked for me is to download Xammp. Easy to install apache server for windows. Not exactly lightweight (comes with mysql, perl, filezilla) but can't be beat in terms of ease of use.
I tried easyphp but i think it's not enough, I want an Apache / PHP / MySQL installer which has the latest PHP and MySQL version, and with curl and htaccess support.
Opensource solutions are preferred, should be windows vista compatible.
I have never heard of a PHP / mySQL emulator. What purpose would such a tool serve?
If you are looking for a ready-made installer package for Windows, containing everything necessary to install and run PHP, XAMPP is probably one of the best ones around.
WAMP Server is excellent, easy to install and easy to configure:
http://www.wampserver.com/en/index.php
If you want the last version of each piece of software, and to really do it the way you want, the best solution is to download an install each component separatly :
Apache : http://httpd.apache.org/
MySQL : http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/
And PHP : http://www.php.net/downloads.php
Of course, you'll have a bit more work to plug all those together than if using WAMP or anything like that -- but it also mean you'll know more about how they work and can be configured, which is always nice to know ;-)
Never heard of PHP or mySql emulators before. To run a php script you will need a webserver and the PHP engine to parse and execute the script. This cannot be emulated by another engine besides PHP.
I would suggest using Acquia Dev Desktop.
It installs Apache, MySQL & PHP with one click. Most importantly, unlike many other WAMP stacks, it works well under Windows Vista (32- or 64-bit). And as an extra, it installs Acquia Drupal for you as well, so if you ever want to get into Drupal development, you have everything you need to do so.
Get it at http://network.acquia.com/documentation/acquia-drupal-stack
I'm a BitNami developer and I personally suggest to use BitNami WAMPStack. It is free, it also includes phpMyAdmin for managing the MySQL databases and GUI management tool for the servers. Per your requirements, it is open source, compatible with Windows Vista and Windows 7, includes curl and htaccess support and we keep it fairly up to date.
XAMPP Lite USB
"XAMPP Lite" is an additional extra small XAMPP edition. Configured with relative paths you can use it on usb devices.
I've found myself down a rabbit hole and would like advice. It looks like Mac OS X 10.5.8 comes bundled with a pre-configured version of Apache 2.2.11 (located in /usr/sbin), PHP 5.2.10 (located in /usr/bin) and subversion 1.4.4 (located in /usr/bin). I have installed MAMP for MySQL 5.0.41 (located in /Applications/MAMP/...) which comes with Apache 2.0.59 and PHP 5.2.6. The current version of MySQL is 5.1 (mysql.com). I have also installed the latest Subversion binaries 1.6.5 (they get located in /opt/subversion/...). This is becoming a mess. Ideally I would like to have one copy each of Apache, PHP, MySQL, and Subversion and have them all be the latest release and have them work together properly. Are there configuration pitfalls specific to the Mac that I need to watch for if I install the newest binaries of Apache in /usr/sbin, PHP5 in /usr/bin, subversion in /usr/bin, and Mysql in /usr/bin (or /usr/local/bin)? Am I just asking for trouble?
Do not install ANYTHING in /usr/bin or /usr/sbin. Those are managed by Apple and you can get yourself and your system in trouble when you start modifying stuff there. Other than a bit of wasted disk space, there's normally no problem with having more than one copy of things like Apache. Just accept it.
If you need newer or missing versions of open source packages, you might want to look into using MacPorts or Fink to supplement what's provided by Apple.
My personal preference is just not to do this development on my Mac at all, and instead run a Linux Virtual Machine using VMWare Fusion, VirtualBox or similar. One of thes nice things about VMWare Fusion 2 (not 3 though, bizarrely) is that you can run these virtual machines in headless mode, and simply SSH into them via terminal on your Mac.
The benefit to me here is that my VMs are able to very closely mirror the setup of my production machines, I'm able to closely control what software is actually installed on them, and if I need to work on a new machine I can simply copy the VM from one machine to another. I can also easily take snapshots of the VM at any point, and roll back to them if I do manage to muck something up.
Here's a good guide to using VMWare Fusion for doing development on OSX.
I have been developing for the LAMP stack on a Mac for bit over 4 years now. I have tried pretty much every flavor of the stack on the Mac.
Native: Not viable, because it's an old codebase.
MacPorts: I ran into trouble with OS X updates.
Self Compiled: Same as with the MacPorts, I ran into trouble with OS X updates.
MAMPP: I didn't like this package, yet this is a personal dislike. I kind of disliked it's freemium like style. The package is not easily configurable, except using the commercial configuration software.
XAMPP: I ended up sticking with XAMPP.
About XAMPP:
The XAMPP code base is rather up to date. With the Developer Package, you get all the tools necessary to compile additional extensions. Everything is configured in /Applications/XAMPP/etc/.
I've looked for other questions, but could not find any...
I have freshly installed my Mac with OSX 10.5. I need to learn Python/Django for a new job, so want to set it all up correctly, ready to develop and run from my browser using http://localhost/
I come from a PHP background and always used MAMP before. But I want to get everything working together... Apache, PHP, MySQL, Python, Django. Using MAMP is easy to install a local development server, but I want to get Python and Django running nicely too. So I can just start developing and also following tutorials on Python/Django.
Please give me some steps (with MAMP or not) to get a nicely working environment for Apache, PHP, MySQL, Python and Django. Thank you, all have great days!
James
Why not try the official installation instructions? Really all you need to do is install Django. You can use its built-in server (http://localhost:8000 by default) for testing:
./manage.py runserver
Your Mac should come pre-installed with Python 2.4 (or later) which is fine for Django 1.0.2.
10.5 comes with Apache installed by default System Preferences > Sharing > Web Sharing.
To enable Apache php module edit the Apache conf (/etc/Apache/httpd.conf) file and uncomment the php module line.
LoadModule php5_module libexec/apache2/libphp5.so.
Restart Apache after by disabling & enabling web sharing
Mysql package can be downloaded form the official website and is easy to install
The fastest way to get started with Django, will be to use TurnKey linux Django appliance.
Link: http://www.turnkeylinux.org/appliances/django
I also came from PHP a few months ago. I'm not sure if this will get moderated up or down because my answer changes your question:
Do not use MySQL and Apache for local development on your Mac. Use Sqlite3 and the development server that is bundled with Django - this allows for inline debugging, etc...
Sqlite3 is basically the same as MySQL except you need to use .schema instead of describe.
If you start having problems, get MacPython. This has helped me instantly solve problems faster than trying to work with the stock Python on Leopard.
Try to use pip instead of easy_install where possible.
When you are ready for real deployment, then you'll need MySQL/Apache/Nginx, etc... but those will be on a Linux system and you'll be better prepared at that point to make a good production installation than you are now. Getting a production-quality stack running on the Mac is more of a pain than it's worth.
BTW, when you do install Apache, use wsgi, not mod_python.
Okay. I'd just install MySQL from their site and stick with what's already on my Mac as of 10.5, then install Django and the Python MySQL driver. But since you like MAMP, install MAMP or XAMPP and read something like this which summarized says:
Mac OS X 10.5 comes with "Python 2.5.1, thus you won’t have to install it. You can verify this by running python in the Terminal."
Checkout Django cd $HOME/Code; svn co http://code.djangoproject.com/svn/django/trunk django_trunk
Tell Python where Django is echo "$HOME/Code/django_trunk">/Library/Python/2.5/site-packages/django.pth
Add django-admin.py to your PATH
Install the MySQLdb driver from sf.net this probably requires GCC which means you might want the set with Xcode from Apple's Dev Tools.
Do a source code edit
"At this point, edit the _mysql.c file
and comment out lines 37, 38 and 39 as
follows:"
//#ifndef uint
//#define uint unsigned int
//#endif
run
python setup.py build
sudo python setup.py install
Verify the installation