XAMPP for Mac OS X [run php and my sql on OSX]

Welcome to XAMPP for Mac OS X XAMPP for Mac OS X is the simplest, most practical and most complete webserver solution for Mac OS X. The distribution includes an Apache 2 web server, integrated with the latest builds of MySQL, PHP (both 4 and 5) and Perl. It comes as a Mac OS X Installer package which contains all the necessary files and requires no dependencies. If you are an experienced web developer or a Mac enthusiast who needs to run a webserver, create dynamic webpages or use databases, this is your lucky day! This version is for Mac OS X 10.4 (Intel&PPC) and higher.

Jump-off point Installation in 4 Steps Step 1: Download Step 2: Installation Step 3: Start Step 4: Test READ ME A matter of security (A MUST READ!) Advanced start and stop parameters What's where? Stopping XAMPP Uninstall Thanks

Step 1: Download Simply click on the link below. It's a good idea to get the latest version. :) A complete list of downloads (older versions) is available at SourceForge. There are none yet, but there will be.

XAMPP for Mac OS X 0.7.3, 2008/2/11 Version Size Notes XAMPP Mac OS X 0.7.3 Installer Version Universal Binary 91 MB Apache 2.2.9, MySQL 5.0.51b, PHP 4.4.8, PHP 5.2.6, Perl 5.10.0, ProFTPD 1.3.0a, phpMyAdmin 2.11.7, OpenSSL 0.9.8h, GD 2.0.35, Freetype 2.3.5, libjpeg 6b, libpng 1.2.18, libungif-4.1.4, zlib 1.2.3, expat 2.0.1, Ming 0.3, Webalizer 2.01-10, pdf class 009e, mod_perl 2.0.3, SQLite 3.4.0, phpSQLiteAdmin 0.2, libiconv-1.11, gdbm-1.8.3, libxml-2.6.29, libxslt-1.1.21, openldap-2.3.36, imap-2004g, gettext-0.16.1, libmcrypt-2.5.8, mhash-0.9.9, curl-7.16.4, zziplib-0.10.82, bzip2-1.0.3, freetds-0.64 MD5 checksum: 6d01e64fffa87f471c5641cf6e845b97 XAMPP Mac OS X (tar) 0.7.3 Universal Binary 91 MB Apache 2.2.9, MySQL 5.0.51b, PHP 4.4.8, PHP 5.2.6, Perl 5.10.0, ProFTPD 1.3.0a, phpMyAdmin 2.11.7, OpenSSL 0.9.8h, GD 2.0.35, Freetype 2.3.5, libjpeg 6b, libpng 1.2.18, libungif-4.1.4, zlib 1.2.3, expat 2.0.1, Ming 0.3, Webalizer 2.01-10, pdf class 009e, mod_perl 2.0.3, SQLite 3.4.0, phpSQLiteAdmin 0.2, libiconv-1.11, gdbm-1.8.3, libxml-2.6.29, libxslt-1.1.21, openldap-2.3.36, imap-2004g, gettext-0.16.1, libmcrypt-2.5.8, mhash-0.9.9, curl-7.16.4, zziplib-0.10.82, bzip2-1.0.3, freetds-0.64 MD5 checksum: 4589036275ac404d3b6b41f56eca7f50 Upgrade 0.7.2 to 0.7.3 5 MB Upgrade package MD5 checksum: c943e7144410d596c8041abdf0c2b805 Developer package 32 MB Developer package Installation tar xvfpz xampp-macosx-0.7.3-dev.tar.gz -C /Applications/xampp MD5 checksum: 94780a90c45b90d93027ce04dbeeeaf2

Step 2: Installation After downloading simply run the following commands in a terminal: Installation requires an admin account. # Enter „sudo su“. You will be prompted for a password. # tar xfvz xampp-macosx-0.7.3.tar.gz -C / Notice: all old installations of XAMPP for MacOS X will be overwritten! That's all. XAMPP is now installed below the /Applications/xampp directory. Step 3: Start After installing simply type in the following commands to start XAMPP for MacOS X: Go to a Terminal shell and login as the system administrator root: sudo su To start XAMPP simply call this command: /Applications/xampp/xamppfiles/mampp start You should now see something like this on your screen: Starting XAMPP for MacOS X 0.7.3... XAMPP: Starting Apache with SSL (and PHP5)... XAMPP: Starting MySQL... XAMPP: Starting ProFTPD... XAMPP for MacOS X started. Ready. Apache and MySQL are running. If you get any error messages please take a look at the MacOS X FAQ. Step 4: Test OK, that was easy but how can you check that everything really works? Just type in the following URL at your favourite web browser: http://localhost Now you should see the start page of XAMPP containing some links to check the status of the installed software and some small programming examples. A matter of security (A MUST READ!) As mentioned before, XAMPP is not meant for production use but only for developers in a development environment. The way XAMPP is configured is to be as open as possible and allowing the developer anything he/she wants. For development environments this is great but in a production environment it could be fatal. Here a list of missing security in XAMPP: 1. The MySQL administrator (root) has no password. 2. The MySQL daemon is accessible via network. 3. ProFTPD uses the password "xampp" for user "nobody". 4. PhpMyAdmin is accessible via network. 5. MySQL and Apache running under the same user (nobody). To fix most of the security weaknesses simply call the following command: /Applications/xampp/xamppfiles/mampp security It starts a small security check and makes your XAMPP installation more secure. Advanced start and stop parameters With /Applications/xampp/xamppfiles/mampp you can not just start and stop XAMPP für MacOS X, you can do loads more. To see what else you can do, just read below.

ERWEITERTE START- UND STOP-PARAMETER Parameter Bedeutung start Starts XAMPP. stop Stops XAMPP. restart Stops and starts XAMPP. reload Apache, MySQL and - if started - ProFTPD reload their config files startapache Only starts the Apache. startssl Starts the Apache SSL support. This command activates the SSL support permanently, e.g. if you restart XAMPP in the future SSL will stay activated. startmysql Only the MySQL database ist started. startftp Only the ProFTPD-Server is started. Via FTP you can upload files for your web server (user "nobody", password "xampp"). This command activates the ProFTPD permanently, e.g. if you restart XAMPP in the future FTP will stay activated. stopapache Stops the Apache. stopssl Stops the Apache SSL support. This command deactivates the SSL support permanently, e.g. if you restart XAMPP in the future SSL will stay deactivated. stopmysql Stops the MySQL database. stopftp Stops the ProFTPD server. This command deactivates the ProFTPD permanently, e.g. if you restart XAMPP in the future FTP will stay deactivated. reloadapache The Apache webserver reloads its config files. reloadmysql The MySQL database reloads its config files. reloadftp ProFTPD reloads its config files.

For example: To start Apache with SSL support simply type in the following command (as root): /Applications/xampp/xamppfiles/mampp startssl You can now also access your Apache server via SSL under https://localhost.

Stopping XAMPP

To stop XAMPP simply call this command:

/Applications/xampp/xamppfiles/mampp stop

You should now see:

Stopping XAMPP for MacOS X 0.7.3...
XAMPP: Stopping Apache with SSL...
XAMPP: Stopping MySQL...
XAMPP: Stopping ProFTPD...
XAMPP stopped.

And XAMPP for MacOS X is stopped.

Uninstall

To uninstall XAMPP just type in the following command in your Terminal shell as administrative user root:

rm -rf /Applications/xampp

The end.

Thanks

We would like to thank Kai "Oswald" Seidler, Kay Vogelgesang, the whole Apache Friends Team and of course also our users for supporting us and to have made Apache Friends what it is today.

February 2005, Kristian Marcroft