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10.3: Enable the built-in PHP module
Authored by: j0nathan on Nov 13, '03 12:14:01PM

There's a useful tip elsewhere on the site (that I can't find now) about changing apache configuration by using /private/etc/httpd/users/<username>.conf as opposed to changing the main httpd.conf. This protects your custom apache configurations when future installations are made. I'm presuming this holds in 10.3



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10.3: Enable the built-in PHP module
Authored by: mozart11 on Nov 13, '03 12:50:29PM

What is the PHP module? Should this be activated by everyone?



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10.3: Enable the built-in PHP module
Authored by: MtnBiker on Nov 13, '03 01:30:37PM

No. It is one of those, if you don't know what it is, you don't need to turn it on.

PHP is a server side language for serving web pages. In other works, scripts are run on the server to customize the output to the client. There are many client languages, but this one is free, well-supported and fairly common.
I use it on our club webpage. The cutest thing is to display a different selection from our photo gallery each time you use the page (and you can click through to the full size picture). I use it for more practical things like serving up the correct newsletter. The newsletter only has to be on the server and correctly named to appear when it should.
www.php.net for more info. Our club page sbmbc.com.

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