PHP

Apache

Start Apache: sudo apachectl start

Stop Apache: sudo apachectl stop

Restart Apache: sudo apachectl restart

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Open PHP

To open PHP, need to modify the following config file

sudo vim /etc/apache2/httpd.conf

Find the line #LoadModule php5_module libexec/apache2/libphp5.so, remove the # sign.

In mac, the default Apache directory is /Library/WebServer/Documents, create a file named index.php, if it’s not exist, write <?php phpinfo(); ?> as the first line. Open browser to access localhost, if the PHP info page displayed, that means PHP is configured to open successfully.

Change Apache Default Directory

In mac, the directory of /Library/WebServer/Documents is hidden by default, it is inconvenient to access, so we can change it to someone we’d like to access.

Open terminal and input: sudo vim /etc/apache2/httpd.conf

Find the following lines

DocumentRoot "/Library/WebServer/Documents"
<Directory "/Library/WebServer/Documents">

Replace the directory with you preferred one, restart Apache, move the just created index.php to the directory, and then test in the browser to see if the php info page still working.