1) Test the installation:

1. To test, create a test file in the root of your web server:
   

2. 
   

3. Try to open this file called "test.php" from your local server and also from
   

4. another client machine to verify that PHP is working correctly
   

5. http://11.22.33.44/test.php
   

6. 
   

7. File “test.php” content:
   

8. <?php phpinfo() ?>
   

2) Configure the MySQL socket:

1. To change the location where MySQL creates its socket file, first create a backup of the mySQL config file, and then set the socket location:
   

2. 
   

3. cd /etc
   

4. sudo cp ./my.cnf ./my.cnf.default
   

5. sudo vi my.cnf
   

6. 
   

7. under the heading [mysqld] heading there is this line
   

8.      socket=/var/mysql/mysql.sock
   

9. which needs to be chnaged to this
   

10.      socket=/tmp/mysql.sock
    

3) Configure the PHP socket:

1. The default settings are in "php.ini-recommended"
   

2. cd /usr/local/php5/lib
   

3. sudo vi php.ini
   

4. under the heading [MySQL] heading there is this line
   

5.      mysql.default_socket = /var/mysql/mysql.sock
   

6. which needs to be chnaged to this
   

7.      mysql.default_socket = /tmp/mysql.sock
   

4) Setup the MySQL database:

1. To configure MySQL use the "MySQL Manager" located in the "/Applications/Server" directory:
   

2. 
   

3. As you may know, the MySQL database does not use the OSX userID's or passwords; because MySQL stores userIDs and passwords in its own MySQL database.
   

4. Therefore you must configure the MySQL root userID which is used to define new users and databases:
   

5. 4.1) open the "MySQL Manager"
   

6. 4.2) click the lock and enter your admin password
   

7. 4.3) start the MySQL server
   

8. 4.4) enter a "New MySQL root password" (Note: this is different from the OSX root password)
   

9. 4.5) press TAB and re-type the password (using the mouse does not work)
   

10. 4.6) press Enter to activate "Set Password" button
    

11. 4.7) using the mouse, click on the "Set Password" button
    

5) More Links:

1. http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=301457
   

2. http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=302977
   

3. http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/bergert/osx/tip09.htm
   

4. http://www.thesmallest.com/php/php-explained.html
   

5. http://www.entropy.ch/software/macosx/php/
   

6. http://www.freewaytalk.net/viewtopic.php?t=1153