I rencently discovered these two tools wich make a good combination.
Zend sever community edition which will install
- The recent version of PHP (5.2.10),
- A recent version of Apache (2.2.12)
- A recent version of MySQL (5.1.32)
On my Mac (Mac OSX 10.4.11) these sofwares install alongside the existing PHP, MySQL and Apache without disturbing the existing ones. The Apache installed by Zend server CE is reachable on port 10088. The Apple installed Apache answer on the default port 80. From the Zend server CE Apache, I reach the MySQL server installed alongside. All my existing applications in Apple Apache continue to reach my MySQL previously installed.
Eclipse PHP Development Tools install
- Eclipse
- The proper plugins for web development, all properly preconfigured.
When you first start Eclipse, you just need to give it the path /usr/local/zend/apache2/htdocs.
