PHP and Apache in Leopard

Just my opinion, but I think you;l be safest if you wait a couple of weeks before upgrading. This way many others will have set up their servers and you can benefit from their experience.

Also, "Clean Install" is no longer an option. What you are talking about is called "Erase & Install". Not a huge deal, but it saves confusion when people are trying to use it and say "I can't find the 'Clean Install' option."

Message was edited by: Sagesse

Just installed Leopard.
Apache runs but php doesn't work although it is enabled in httpd.conf

Searching what's going wrong...

mysql is NOT included by default in Leopard client (SQLite however is). You WILL have to install it yourself if you get Leopard.

Apache and PHP are both the newest versions.

MySQL is still there (I made an update from Tiger to Leopard) and I had to start MySQL manually.
But... php doesn't work

Same here.
Upgraded from Tiger on MBP having Entropy PHP5 working fine on Apple Apache webserver from Tiger. MySQL 5 was in too, and that's still working in Leopard.

However, PHP5 is not working and I've tried all manner of settings in the Apache 2 config. I've even installed the PHP5 for Apache 2 from Entropy and that's done nothing.

The other problem I'm having is that when visiting my http://127.0.0.1/~user/ directory to view any HTML files there Safari says Forbidden, don't have permission to view. I can't seem to sort that out either.

I got PHP working with Leopard by modifying the httpd.conf file that you can get to by going to Go -> Go To Folder, /etc then going into the apache2 folder and copying httpd.conf to the Desktop (it won't let you edit in place). Find the line that says LoadModule php5_module etc...... and remove the # from the start. Save the file and drag it back into the apache2 folder, you'll have to authenticate to get it in there. Then restart apache by switching personal web sharing off and on in the sharing pref pane.

I had the same problem with my personal web sharing folder for my username not working on both the machines I installed it on (as an upgrade). The machines web sharing is working tho, just not the one for each user account. To fix it, create a file called shortusername.conf (where shortusername is your shortusername, eg, joebloggs and in it put this...

<Directory "/Users/shortusername/Sites/">
Options Indexes MultiViews
AllowOverride None
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>

Save the file and put it into the apache2/users folder - restart personal web sharing and boom!, its working now.

Jaseon, that's exactly what I've just done myself. Then come back here and found you've written it out! Thank you.

Basically, it looks like the Tiger install of httpd directory is still there.
For Leopard we need to look in the Apache2 directory in the following location:

/private/etc/apache2/

Tweak the config, and you can add your own little config files to the "other" directory - that way when Apple updates the system Apache your configs won't get zapped each time.

Yeye, I'm much happier now PHP is working.

Jason, I'm awfully sorry - I made a typo on your name.

I apologize in advance for cross posting this across multiple threads but I am kinda desperate to get this working.

In an attempt to get this working in my Leopard install, I mistakenly deleted /etc/apache2/httpd.conf. There is one under /etc/apache2/originals and I tried using that but it does not work. Can someone reply to this thread with the contents of /etc/apache2/httpd.conf? Thanks!!!

Thank you Jason. I didn't know Apache 2 had its own directory and was still looking at the httpd directory.
BTW stopping and restarting the server was not enough; I had to restart the computer.

Hope it is not to long...

Here it is


#
# This is the main Apache HTTP server configuration file. It contains the
# configuration directives that give the server its instructions.
# See <URL:<a class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://">http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2> for detailed information.
# In particular, see
# <URL:<a class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://">http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/directives.html>
# for a discussion of each configuration directive.
#
# Do NOT simply read the instructions in here without understanding
# what they do. They're here only as hints or reminders. If you are unsure
# consult the online docs. You have been warned.
#
# Configuration and logfile names: If the filenames you specify for many
# of the server's control files begin with "/" (or "drive:/" for Win32), the
# server will use that explicit path. If the filenames do not begin
# with "/", the value of ServerRoot is prepended -- so "/private/var/log/apache2/foo.log"
# with ServerRoot set to "/usr" will be interpreted by the
# server as "/usr//private/var/log/apache2/foo.log".

#
# ServerRoot: The top of the directory tree under which the server's
# configuration, error, and log files are kept.
#
# Do not add a slash at the end of the directory path. If you point
# ServerRoot at a non-local disk, be sure to point the LockFile directive
# at a local disk. If you wish to share the same ServerRoot for multiple
# httpd daemons, you will need to change at least LockFile and PidFile.
#
ServerRoot "/usr"

#
# Listen: Allows you to bind Apache to specific IP addresses and/or
# ports, instead of the default. See also the <VirtualHost>
# directive.
#
# Change this to Listen on specific IP addresses as shown below to
# prevent Apache from glomming onto all bound IP addresses.
#
#Listen 12.34.56.78:80
Listen 80

#
# Dynamic Shared Object (DSO) Support
#
# To be able to use the functionality of a module which was built as a DSO you
# have to place corresponding `LoadModule' lines at this location so the
# directives contained in it are actually available before they are used.
# Statically compiled modules (those listed by `httpd -l') do not need
# to be loaded here.
#
# Example:
# LoadModule foo_module modules/mod_foo.so
#
LoadModule authn filemodule libexec/apache2/mod authnfile.so
LoadModule authn dbmmodule libexec/apache2/mod authndbm.so
LoadModule authn anonmodule libexec/apache2/mod authnanon.so
LoadModule authn dbdmodule libexec/apache2/mod authndbd.so
LoadModule authn defaultmodule libexec/apache2/mod authndefault.so
LoadModule authz hostmodule libexec/apache2/mod authzhost.so
LoadModule authz groupfilemodule libexec/apache2/mod authzgroupfile.so
LoadModule authz usermodule libexec/apache2/mod authzuser.so
LoadModule authz dbmmodule libexec/apache2/mod authzdbm.so
LoadModule authz ownermodule libexec/apache2/mod authzowner.so
LoadModule authz defaultmodule libexec/apache2/mod authzdefault.so
LoadModule auth basicmodule libexec/apache2/mod authbasic.so
LoadModule auth digestmodule libexec/apache2/mod authdigest.so
LoadModule cache_module libexec/apache2/mod_cache.so
LoadModule disk cachemodule libexec/apache2/mod diskcache.so
LoadModule mem cachemodule libexec/apache2/mod memcache.so
LoadModule dbd_module libexec/apache2/mod_dbd.so
LoadModule dumpio_module libexec/apache2/mod_dumpio.so
LoadModule ext filtermodule libexec/apache2/mod extfilter.so
LoadModule include_module libexec/apache2/mod_include.so
LoadModule filter_module libexec/apache2/mod_filter.so
LoadModule deflate_module libexec/apache2/mod_deflate.so
LoadModule log configmodule libexec/apache2/mod logconfig.so
LoadModule log forensicmodule libexec/apache2/mod logforensic.so
LoadModule logio_module libexec/apache2/mod_logio.so
LoadModule env_module libexec/apache2/mod_env.so
LoadModule mime magicmodule libexec/apache2/mod mimemagic.so
LoadModule cern metamodule libexec/apache2/mod cernmeta.so
LoadModule expires_module libexec/apache2/mod_expires.so
LoadModule headers_module libexec/apache2/mod_headers.so
LoadModule ident_module libexec/apache2/mod_ident.so
LoadModule usertrack_module libexec/apache2/mod_usertrack.so
#LoadModule unique idmodule libexec/apache2/mod uniqueid.so
LoadModule setenvif_module libexec/apache2/mod_setenvif.so
LoadModule version_module libexec/apache2/mod_version.so
LoadModule proxy_module libexec/apache2/mod_proxy.so
LoadModule proxy connectmodule libexec/apache2/mod proxyconnect.so
LoadModule proxy ftpmodule libexec/apache2/mod proxyftp.so
LoadModule proxy httpmodule libexec/apache2/mod proxyhttp.so
LoadModule proxy ajpmodule libexec/apache2/mod proxyajp.so
LoadModule proxy balancermodule libexec/apache2/mod proxybalancer.so
LoadModule ssl_module libexec/apache2/mod_ssl.so
LoadModule mime_module libexec/apache2/mod_mime.so
LoadModule dav_module libexec/apache2/mod_dav.so
LoadModule status_module libexec/apache2/mod_status.so
LoadModule autoindex_module libexec/apache2/mod_autoindex.so
LoadModule asis_module libexec/apache2/mod_asis.so
LoadModule info_module libexec/apache2/mod_info.so
LoadModule cgi_module libexec/apache2/mod_cgi.so
LoadModule dav fsmodule libexec/apache2/mod davfs.so
LoadModule vhost aliasmodule libexec/apache2/mod vhostalias.so
LoadModule negotiation_module libexec/apache2/mod_negotiation.so
LoadModule dir_module libexec/apache2/mod_dir.so
LoadModule imagemap_module libexec/apache2/mod_imagemap.so
LoadModule actions_module libexec/apache2/mod_actions.so
LoadModule speling_module libexec/apache2/mod_speling.so
LoadModule userdir_module libexec/apache2/mod_userdir.so
LoadModule alias_module libexec/apache2/mod_alias.so
LoadModule rewrite_module libexec/apache2/mod_rewrite.so
LoadModule bonjour_module libexec/apache2/mod_bonjour.so
#LoadModule php5_module libexec/apache2/libphp5.so
#LoadModule fastcgi_module libexec/apache2/mod_fastcgi.so

<IfModule !mpm netwaremodule>
#
# If you wish httpd to run as a different user or group, you must run
# httpd as root initially and it will switch.
#
# User/Group: The name (or #number) of the user/group to run httpd as.
# It is usually good practice to create a dedicated user and group for
# running httpd, as with most system services.
#
User www
Group www
</IfModule>

# 'Main' server configuration
#
# The directives in this section set up the values used by the 'main'
# server, which responds to any requests that aren't handled by a
# <VirtualHost> definition. These values also provide defaults for
# any <VirtualHost> containers you may define later in the file.
#
# All of these directives may appear inside <VirtualHost> containers,
# in which case these default settings will be overridden for the
# virtual host being defined.
#

#
# ServerAdmin: Your address, where problems with the server should be
# e-mailed. This address appears on some server-generated pages, such
# as error documents. e.g. admin@your-domain.com
#
ServerAdmin you@example.com

#
# ServerName gives the name and port that the server uses to identify itself.
# This can often be determined automatically, but we recommend you specify
# it explicitly to prevent problems during startup.
#
# If your host doesn't have a registered DNS name, enter its IP address here.
#
#ServerName www.example.com:80

#
# DocumentRoot: The directory out of which you will serve your
# documents. By default, all requests are taken from this directory, but
# symbolic links and aliases may be used to point to other locations.
#
DocumentRoot "/Library/WebServer/Documents"

#
# Each directory to which Apache has access can be configured with respect
# to which services and features are allowed and/or disabled in that
# directory (and its subdirectories).
#
# First, we configure the "default" to be a very restrictive set of
# features.
#
<Directory />
Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride None
Order deny,allow
Deny from all
</Directory>

#
# Note that from this point forward you must specifically allow
# particular features to be enabled - so if something's not working as
# you might expect, make sure that you have specifically enabled it
# below.
#

#
# This should be changed to whatever you set DocumentRoot to.
#
<Directory "/Library/WebServer/Documents">
#
# Possible values for the Options directive are "None", "All",
# or any combination of:
# Indexes Includes FollowSymLinks SymLinksifOwnerMatch ExecCGI MultiViews
#
# Note that "MultiViews" must be named explicitly --- "Options All"
# doesn't give it to you.
#
# The Options directive is both complicated and important. Please see
# http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/core.html#options
# for more information.
#
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews

#
# AllowOverride controls what directives may be placed in .htaccess files.
# It can be "All", "None", or any combination of the keywords:
# Options FileInfo AuthConfig Limit
#
AllowOverride None

#
# Controls who can get stuff from this server.
#
Order allow,deny
Allow from all

</Directory>

#
# DirectoryIndex: sets the file that Apache will serve if a directory
# is requested.
#
<IfModule dir_module>
DirectoryIndex index.html
</IfModule>

#
# The following lines prevent .htaccess and .htpasswd files from being
# viewed by Web clients.
#
<FilesMatch "^\.([Hh][Tt]|[Dd][Ss]_[Ss])">
Order allow,deny
Deny from all
Satisfy All
</FilesMatch>

#
# Apple specific filesystem protection.
#
<Files "rsrc">
Order allow,deny
Deny from all
Satisfy All
</Files>
<DirectoryMatch ".*\.\.namedfork">
Order allow,deny
Deny from all
Satisfy All
</DirectoryMatch>

#
# ErrorLog: The location of the error log file.
# If you do not specify an ErrorLog directive within a <VirtualHost>
# container, error messages relating to that virtual host will be
# logged here. If you do define an error logfile for a <VirtualHost>
# container, that host's errors will be logged there and not here.
#
ErrorLog /private/var/log/apache2/error_log

#
# LogLevel: Control the number of messages logged to the error_log.
# Possible values include: debug, info, notice, warn, error, crit,
# alert, emerg.
#
LogLevel warn

<IfModule log configmodule>
#
# The following directives define some format nicknames for use with
# a CustomLog directive (see below).
#
LogFormat "%h %l %u %t \"%r\" %>s %b \"%{Referer}i\" \"%{User-Agent}i\"" combined
LogFormat "%h %l %u %t \"%r\" %>s %b" common

<IfModule logio_module>
# You need to enable mod_logio.c to use %I and %O
LogFormat "%h %l %u %t \"%r\" %>s %b \"%{Referer}i\" \"%{User-Agent}i\" %I %O" combinedio
</IfModule>

#
# The location and format of the access logfile (Common Logfile Format).
# If you do not define any access logfiles within a <VirtualHost>
# container, they will be logged here. Contrariwise, if you do
# define per-<VirtualHost> access logfiles, transactions will be
# logged therein and not in this file.
#
CustomLog /private/var/log/apache2/access_log common

#
# If you prefer a logfile with access, agent, and referer information
# (Combined Logfile Format) you can use the following directive.
#
#CustomLog /private/var/log/apache2/access_log combined
</IfModule>

<IfModule alias_module>
#
# Redirect: Allows you to tell clients about documents that used to
# exist in your server's namespace, but do not anymore. The client
# will make a new request for the document at its new location.
# Example:
# Redirect permanent /foo http://www.example.com/bar

#
# Alias: Maps web paths into filesystem paths and is used to
# access content that does not live under the DocumentRoot.
# Example:
# Alias /webpath /full/filesystem/path
#
# If you include a trailing / on /webpath then the server will
# require it to be present in the URL. You will also likely
# need to provide a <Directory> section to allow access to
# the filesystem path.

#
# ScriptAlias: This controls which directories contain server scripts.
# ScriptAliases are essentially the same as Aliases, except that
# documents in the target directory are treated as applications and
# run by the server when requested rather than as documents sent to the
# client. The same rules about trailing "/" apply to ScriptAlias
# directives as to Alias.
#
ScriptAliasMatch ^/cgi-bin/((?!(?i:webobjects)).*$) "/Library/WebServer/CGI-Executables/$1"

</IfModule>

<IfModule cgid_module>
#
# ScriptSock: On threaded servers, designate the path to the UNIX
# socket used to communicate with the CGI daemon of mod_cgid.
#
#Scriptsock /private/var/run/cgisock
</IfModule>

#
# "/Library/WebServer/CGI-Executables" should be changed to whatever your ScriptAliased
# CGI directory exists, if you have that configured.
#
<Directory "/Library/WebServer/CGI-Executables">
AllowOverride None
Options None
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>

#
# DefaultType: the default MIME type the server will use for a document
# if it cannot otherwise determine one, such as from filename extensions.
# If your server contains mostly text or HTML documents, "text/plain" is
# a good value. If most of your content is binary, such as applications
# or images, you may want to use "application/octet-stream" instead to
# keep browsers from trying to display binary files as though they are
# text.
#
DefaultType text/plain

<IfModule mime_module>
#
# TypesConfig points to the file containing the list of mappings from
# filename extension to MIME-type.
#
TypesConfig /private/etc/apache2/mime.types

#
# AddType allows you to add to or override the MIME configuration
# file specified in TypesConfig for specific file types.
#
#AddType application/x-gzip .tgz
#
# AddEncoding allows you to have certain browsers uncompress
# information on the fly. Note: Not all browsers support this.
#
#AddEncoding x-compress .Z
#AddEncoding x-gzip .gz .tgz
#
# If the AddEncoding directives above are commented-out, then you
# probably should define those extensions to indicate media types:
#
AddType application/x-compress .Z
AddType application/x-gzip .gz .tgz

#
# AddHandler allows you to map certain file extensions to "handlers":
# actions unrelated to filetype. These can be either built into the server
# or added with the Action directive (see below)
#
# To use CGI scripts outside of ScriptAliased directories:
# (You will also need to add "ExecCGI" to the "Options" directive.)
#
#AddHandler cgi-script .cgi

# For type maps (negotiated resources):
#AddHandler type-map var

#
# Filters allow you to process content before it is sent to the client.
#
# To parse .shtml files for server-side includes (SSI):
# (You will also need to add "Includes" to the "Options" directive.)
#
#AddType text/html .shtml
#AddOutputFilter INCLUDES .shtml
</IfModule>

#
# The mod mimemagic module allows the server to use various hints from the
# contents of the file itself to determine its type. The MIMEMagicFile
# directive tells the module where the hint definitions are located.
#
#MIMEMagicFile /private/etc/apache2/magic

#
# Customizable error responses come in three flavors:
# 1) plain text 2) local redirects 3) external redirects
#
# Some examples:
#ErrorDocument 500 "The server made a boo boo."
#ErrorDocument 404 /missing.html
#ErrorDocument 404 "/cgi-bin/missing_handler.pl"
#ErrorDocument 402 http://www.example.com/subscription_info.html
#

#
# EnableMMAP and EnableSendfile: On systems that support it,
# memory-mapping or the sendfile syscall is used to deliver
# files. This usually improves server performance, but must
# be turned off when serving from networked-mounted
# filesystems or if support for these functions is otherwise
# broken on your system.
#
#EnableMMAP off
#EnableSendfile off

# Supplemental configuration
#
# The configuration files in the /private/etc/apache2/extra/ directory can be
# included to add extra features or to modify the default configuration of
# the server, or you may simply copy their contents here and change as
# necessary.

# Server-pool management (MPM specific)
Include /private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-mpm.conf

# Multi-language error messages
#Include /private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-multilang-errordoc.conf

# Fancy directory listings
Include /private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-autoindex.conf

# Language settings
Include /private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-languages.conf

# User home directories
Include /private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-userdir.conf

# Real-time info on requests and configuration
#Include /private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-info.conf

# Virtual hosts
#Include /private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf

# Local access to the Apache HTTP Server Manual
Include /private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-manual.conf

# Distributed authoring and versioning (WebDAV)
#Include /private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-dav.conf

# Various default settings
#Include /private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-default.conf

# Secure (SSL/TLS) connections
#Include /private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-ssl.conf
#
# Note: The following must must be present to support
# starting without SSL on platforms with no /dev/random equivalent
# but a statically compiled-in mod_ssl.
#
<IfModule ssl_module>
SSLRandomSeed startup builtin
SSLRandomSeed connect builtin
</IfModule>

Include /private/etc/apache2/other/*.conf

Hello Jason

your post helped me a lot. Most of my stuff is now running. Interestingly I have now two versions of PHP 5.2.4 on my computer. I guess, that Leopard was installing his own. In Tiger I had PHP 5.2.4 from Entropy with all the packages including pear. With /usr/local/php5/bin/php I get the Entropy version and with php another build. Your suggestion uses the latter but I need the former with pear...
Does anyone have a suggestion?

Always
Leo

Excellent help! Thanks a million. I stumbled upon the original post after trying to solve the permissions problem. FYI, I discovered that getting info about the Sites folder, unlocking it, and clicking the plus sign consistently crashes the Finder. Strange.

One thing I'm not finding in the PHP5 install packaged with Leopard is PEAR. Either have to install it manually, or just go back to using MacPorts.. I'm not sure if previous versions of OS X included PEAR or not.

Also, in regard to above post that recommends copying the httpd.conf to the desktop to edit.. those comfortable with terminal can use 'sudo nano /etc/apache2/httpd.conf'. Personally, I enjoy the 'joe' editor installed from MacPorts.