On Apr 25, 2010, at 1:25 PM, Mitch Pirtle wrote:
On Sun, Apr 25, 2010 at 1:09 PM, John Campbell
<jcampbe...@gmail.com> wrote:
I think MAMP is a pain in the ass, and prefer to get the stack from
MacPorts. The default MAMP install leaves you with stuff like a
different version of PHP for cli vs Apache, and it is a pain to
install additional modules.
++ on this one. I also use rails apps, memcache, and a bunch of other
non-standard stuff like LightTPD and macports makes use of all these
things a snap.
If you've got some time to experiment, it's not all that hard to build
an AMP stack from source on MacOS.
It is more work than using MAMP/XAMMP or MacPorts/Fink, but IMO, the
flexibility is worth it in the long run.
I try to maintain a set of shell scripts so I can tweak/recompile as
needed.
I tend to stick everything under some non-standard directory, so I can
have multiple stacks for testing. For example, if I needed it, I'd
have no problems setting up 4 stacks for 5.2/5.3 under mod_php/
fastcgi. This way, I can keep my local environment very close to
whatever the production environment is for any particular project.
-Tim
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