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Installing PHP on a Mac for developing purposes.

Posted: Thu May 01, 2003 10:04 pm
by marshie
I'd like to install PHP on my Mac so that I can develop my page without having to upload every file to my site. Will installing PHP cause any security issues? I don't want to run a server or anything like that, I just want to use it so that I can work on my site on my computer.

Posted: Thu May 01, 2003 10:28 pm
by phice
If you wish to install Apache/PHP on MacOSX: PHPMac.com

If you're interested in the security issues, simply don't hand out your IP to anyone and you should be just fine. I run my server all the time on my computer to build my site(s), and nothing wrong ever happens. :)

Posted: Thu May 01, 2003 10:47 pm
by volka

Posted: Thu May 01, 2003 10:53 pm
by marshie
But I don't want to run a server or open any ports or anything like that. I just want to be able to open a .php document and have it be parsed automatically. And I'm not going to host my site, I already have an online host.