On Dec 19, 11:32 am, Gordon <gordon.mc...@xxxxxxxxxxxx> 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 have managed to install Postgres fromhttp://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. > > 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. > > When setting up a similar dev system on Windows it was relatively > simple to set this all up. The extensions for PHP were provided > in .dll files that you just had to include in the php.ini file. This > doesn't seem to be the case with the MacOS bundled PHP. > > Is it possible to download .so files (I believe that's what the MacOS > equivalent to .dll files are) for the drivers and include them from > the php.ini file like on the Windows box? Or is there something else > I'm meant to be doing? Anyone? ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: explain analyze is your friend
