Having had a bit of a trouble with Apache + PHP configuration and many trials and re-trials I decided to give MAMP a try. I had heard about MAMP a while back but never really thought of trying it until just about half hour back. Everything is up and running in less than a minute. Yes there is truth in that entry.
What is MAMP?
Before I go any further, for those of you who are unfamiliar with the jargon. MAMP is an abbreviation for Macintosh Apache MySQL and PHP. Its a conglomerate that installs the three different pieces of software on your mac enabling a local server environment in a breeze. You have to try it to believe this. MAMP is free and is available from webEdition Software.
What about Licencing?
Similar to a Linux-Distribution, MAMP is a combination of free software and thus it is offered free of charge. MAMP is released under the GNU General Public License and may thereby be distributed freely within the boundaries of this license. You may like to check further legal details if interested.
There is also XAMPP, though the Mac edition is in it’s early stages of development (And being that I don’t own a mac, I can’t exactly test it out myself). The Windows and Linux versions work like a charm though.
I’ve been completely unable to make MAMP happy with password verification using a ‘users’ table. That is, the
$PHP_AUTH_USER and $PHP_AUTH_PW refuse to match. In a similar way, input from forms won’t work either.
I’ve found nothing in the FM, either.
Frustrating! Anybody have any ideas?
Fausto, you probably have set the Apache port smaller than 1024. Try a number above 1024 and it should be fine. Or look up here: http://forum.mamp.info/viewtopic.php?t=634