Running PHP on Mac
In this article, we'll show you how to run PHP on your Mac.
php -SRun PHP on Mac
using command
PHP is a server-side language. It runs on a server. Therefore, it requires a web server to run. There are different web servers like Apache HTTP Server, NGINX, Oracle HTTP Server, Lighttpd, Node.js Server, etc. Server-side languages require these types of servers to run the scripts. PHP also provides a built-in web server for application development. It is used for testing purposes and is not recommended to be used in a public network. The web server can only run a single-threaded process. Command PHP -SBuild a local server using PHP. Then, we can specify our PHP file in the URL to run the PHP file.
Assume that we have a directory where projectour PHP files index.phpare located.
First, open a terminal and cdchange into the directory using the command project.
127.0.0.1:8000Write the command
with options PHP -Sand press Enter. The local web server then starts.
Go to your web browser and enter the address 127.0.0.1:8000/index.php. The PHP file will run.
The address 127.0.0.1is a loopback address. It redirects to the same machine. We do not need a physical connection to the network. It is used for testing in the local machine. The number after the IP address in the port used by IP 8000. We can refer to the IP address 127.0.0.1as localhost.
Sample code:
php -S 127.0.0.1:8000
Output:
[Sun Oct 3 10:26:13 2021] PHP 7.4.11 Development Server (http://127.0.0.1:8000) started
Run PHP on Mac using the built-in Apache web server
PHP comes with a built-in Apache web server in Mac. We can start the Apache service to create a local server and run our PHP files. We can use sudo apachectl startthe command in the terminal to start the web server. Then, enter the URL http://localhost/index.phpwhere our PHP file is index.htmlwill run the PHP file. The PHP file should be in the root directory in order to run.
We can apachectl stopstop the web server using the command. We can apachectl statuscheck the status of the Apache server using the command. This command will display various server information such as activity status, memory, tasks, CPU, etc. Therefore, we can run a PHP file on Mac to start the Apache server.
Sample code:
sudo apachectl start
Running PHP on Mac with MAMP
We can use the MAMP local server environment to run PHP files on Mac. MAMP stands for Macintosh, Apache, MySQL, and PHP. It is used to run a local server on Mac and uses the Apache web server. We can specify the port number of our server from the Preference options of the MAMP application.
For example, after opening the MAMP application, click 启动服务器Options. Then, the local server will start. Go to the browser and enter the address http://127.0.0.1:8000/index.php. index.phpThe file will run on the browser. The port 8000is the default port and can be set from the MAMP application. Therefore, we can use MAMP to run PHP files on Mac.
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