Gordon wrote:
I'm a web developer who does a lot of work in PHP. The back end
database we use is bases on Postgres. I am trying to set my new
MacBook Pro up as a development system.
I do a fair bit of PHP+PG on my Mac too.
I have managed to install Postgres from http://sourceforge.net/projects/pgsqlformac/
and can access the database on my mac with tools such as pgAdmin. I
have also enabled the bundled Apache and PHP extensions.
Hmm - never come across that sourceforge project. I installed the
development kit from Apple and compile from source. It's not terribly
difficult.
However, the problem is that I can't get PHP to talk to Postgres.
Running phpinfo () on the built in PHP shows that database support
extends as MySql, Mysqli and SQLite extensions, and SQLite drivers for
PDO. What I really need is a Postgres extension for maintaining older
code and a Postgres PDO driver for new code in development.
There's some older info here:
http://www.entropy.ch/software/macosx/postgresql/
http://developer.apple.com/internet/opensource/postgres.html
But I think you want this:
http://www.finkproject.org/
Access to all sorts of stuff, including alternative versions of apache,
php etc. Read the documentation *before* you start though so you
understand what it's doing.
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Richard Huxton
Archonet Ltd
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