diff --git a/_posts/01-04-01-Mac-Setup.md b/_posts/01-04-01-Mac-Setup.md index a568bd3..09ada49 100644 --- a/_posts/01-04-01-Mac-Setup.md +++ b/_posts/01-04-01-Mac-Setup.md @@ -6,13 +6,15 @@ isChild: true OSX comes prepackaged with PHP but it is normally a little behind the latest stable. Lion comes with PHP 5.3.6 and Mountain Lion has 5.3.10. -To update PHP on OSX you can get the PHP executable through a number of Mac [package managers][mac-package-managers] or [compile it yourself][mac-compile] (if compiling, be sure to have installed either Xcode or Apple's substitute ["Command Line Tools for Xcode" downloadable from Apple's Mac Developer Center][apple-developer]). +To update PHP on OSX you can get it installed through a number of Mac [package managers][mac-package-managers], with [php-osx by Liip][entropy-downloads] being recommended. -For a complete LAMP package with GUI try [MAMP][mamp-downloads], otherwise consider the [Entropy 5.4][entropy-downloads] package. +The other option is to [compile it yourself][mac-compile], in that case be sure to have installed either Xcode or Apple's substitute ["Command Line Tools for Xcode" downloadable from Apple's Mac Developer Center][apple-developer]. + +For a complete "all-in-one" package including PHP, Apache web server and MySQL database, all this with a nice control GUI, try [MAMP][mamp-downloads]. [mac-package-managers]: http://www.php.net/manual/en/install.macosx.packages.php [mac-compile]: http://www.php.net/manual/en/install.macosx.compile.php [xcode-gcc-substitution]: https://github.com/kennethreitz/osx-gcc-installer [apple-developer]: https://developer.apple.com/downloads [mamp-downloads]: http://www.mamp.info/en/downloads/index.html -[entropy-downloads]: http://php-osx.liip.ch/ \ No newline at end of file +[entropy-downloads]: http://php-osx.liip.ch/