Frank Arensmeier schreef: >> hi guys (& girls), >> >> any Mac heads about? I have a MacBook Pro in front of me ... super cool, >> it even comes with apache & php installed as standard. nice. >> >> only thing is php is not compiled with with all the extensions I need, >> the >> question is what is the *correct* way to update/recompile the standard >> installed >> copy of php on a Mac? I quite comfortable with compiling/installing >> [mulitple] >> custom apache+php installs on a linux server but I'd like to keep this >> Mac as >> clean as possible if I can. >> >> If any one has recommendations I love to here from you :-) >> in the mean time I'll keep hunting >> >> rgds, >> Jochem >> >> -- >> PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) >> To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >> > Why not do it the "Mac-way"? I've had this Mac for about 5 minutes - it's my first one ... I'm not yet upto speed on the "Mac-way" :-) ... heck I've even figured out what the key above the TAB key is (I was used to having a backtick/tilde there and it took me longer than I care to admit to figure out that key lies next to the SHIFT key. > http://www.entropy.ch/software/macosx/php/ > > Download the latest package and make a custom install. ok let's assume I know exactly what a 'custom install' is in MacWorld (I don't ;-)) and let's assume I install this 'custom install' what happens to the standard php install - I'd rahter not have 2 php builds installed to start with (especially if it's because my lack of knowledge means I don't know how to 'correctly' remove the original, standard installation. anyway thanks for the hint so far ... Im off to investigate. > I think there are > 40/50 PHP extensions included. Just pick what you want. I'll have the blond ;-) > > //frank > > ps. merry christmas ds. > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php