php not working on browser (localhost)

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php not working on browser (localhost)

I just bought this pretty 14' M1 Pro On Monday, migrated my M1 Air..great. Added MySql 8, Added php8.1 through Mac Ports using Xcode. PHP works front the command line, but does not activate. Started Apache Server, It works. However, PHP will not see any file if running in development mode, no matter the directory, no matter if I add the file extension or not {php81 -S localhost:8080/index.php.} Nor will Apache recognize PHP as code, it just spits it out on the browser. I am stumped. I bought this machine (at least this is the excuse I used) So I can do all of my development projects on it. But I can't even get PHP to run in the browser. I've installed , updated this file and that, the only thing I know is there is no libphp.so module at all, and even if there was, it has a Certificate Problem , and this thing is still under warranty. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

MacBook Pro 14″, macOS 13.0

Posted on Nov 9, 2022 2:58 PM

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Answer 1

etresoft

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Nov 10, 2022 11:23 AM in response to Anastasia_Franco

I have posted a new User Tip describing how to setup a local web server on macOS 13 “Ventura”:

Setting up a local web server on macOS 13 “Ventura”

Included are instructions for configuring Apache to run old-school CGI modules. This will enable you to run PHP scripts using your own PHP interpreter.

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Answer 2

Nov 9, 2022 3:39 PM in response to Anastasia_Franco

I don't use PHP on my Mac but I think you could install a third party development environment like homerew then use its included web server/php.

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Answer 3

etresoft

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Nov 9, 2022 4:22 PM in response to Anastasia_Franco

PHP is ancient. Apple doesn't include support for it in its local web server. You will have to install your own version of Apache with PHP support.

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Answer 4

Nov 9, 2022 3:15 PM in response to Anastasia_Franco

PHP does not run in a browser. PHP is a server side language that runs on a server like Apache. The results of PHP when run on a server are displayed in the browser.

Maybe I did not fully understand your issue or setup.

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Answer 5

Nov 9, 2022 3:25 PM in response to BobTheFisherman

maybe I didn't explain it correctly, my bad I'm kinda frustrated with it. I have installed PHP on my Apache server that comes with macOS. Until Monterey evidently this wasn't a problem, but Apple has decided to depreciate PHP, well that's what I use on my actual hosting platforms, and production web applications. My problem is i cannot get PHP to activate in the Apache2 server, so when it serves my pages on the local host, my php coded (pages) won't run. I am lost how to make this work, everything I looked up on stack-exchange, and everywhere else isn't new enough or does't help, and I couldn't find the php8.1 so module on GitHub either. Yes, PHP is server-side, but I can only get it working from the command line right now, and temperamental if that. I need the server to use it, so my pages can run.

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etresoft

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Nov 9, 2022 5:03 PM in response to Anastasia_Franco

Anastasia_Franco wrote:

Well, then so am I. That's not very helpful, and PHP is excellent for web-site based services. Anyway. Thanks everyone, not too much help her, but I thought' I'd give it a try.

That's just the way it is, helpful or not. Use of PHP is going to lock you into an old-style of work that is getting more and more difficult every day. Look into AWS Lambda for such things instead.

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Answer 7

Nov 9, 2022 4:39 PM in response to BobTheFisherman

Thanks, that's what I spent all day doing. My co-workers will see what they can do tomorrow, thanks you all.

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Answer 8

Nov 9, 2022 4:40 PM in response to etresoft

Well, then so am I. That's not very helpful, and PHP is excellent for web-site based services. Anyway. Thanks everyone, not too much help her, but I thought' I'd give it a try.

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Answer 9

Nov 9, 2022 5:48 PM in response to etresoft

uhm hum.

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php not working on browser (localhost)

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