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PHP for Mac

  -  20.11 MB  -  Open Source
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  • Latest Version

    PHP 8.4.12 LATEST

  • Review by

    Daniel Leblanc

  • Operating System

    Mac OS X

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PHP for Mac is a popular general-purpose scripting language that is especially suited to web development. Fast, flexible and pragmatic, PHP for macOS powers everything from your blog to the most popular websites in the world.

PHP (recursive acronym for PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor) is a widely-used open source general-purpose scripting language that is especially suited for web development and can be embedded into HTML.

Instead of lots of commands to output HTML (as seen in C or Perl), pages contain HTML with embedded code that does "something" (in this case, output "Hi, I'm a PHP script!"). The code is enclosed in special start and end processing instructions that allow you to jump into and out of "PHP mode."

What distinguishes PHP for macOS from something like client-side JavaScript is that the code is executed on the server, generating HTML which is then sent to the client.

The client would receive the results of running that script, but would not know what the underlying code was. You can even configure your web server to process all your HTML files with PHP, and then there's really no way that users can tell what you have up your sleeve.

The best things in using PHP are that it is extremely simple for a newcomer, but offers many advanced features for a professional programmer. Don't be afraid reading the long list of PHP's features.

You can jump in, in a short time, and start writing simple scripts in a few hours.

How to Use

Install PHP via Homebrew with brew install php

Verify installation using php -v

Configure Apache or Nginx to use PHP

Test with a phpinfo() script in your web server

Use Composer to manage PHP dependencies

Write and run PHP scripts in Terminal or browser

Edit scripts using any code editor like VS Code

Update PHP using brew upgrade php

Use php -S localhost:8000 for local testing

System Requirements
  • macOS 10.15 (Catalina) or later
  • At least 4 GB RAM (8 GB recommended)
  • Homebrew package manager
  • Command Line Tools for Xcode
  • Internet connection for installation
PROS
  • Easy installation with Homebrew
  • Native macOS support for Apache
  • Strong community and documentation
  • Compatible with popular IDEs
  • Great for local web development
CONS
  • Older macOS may lack PHP support
  • Configuration can be complex
  • Built-in PHP deprecated in new macOS
  • Performance not optimized by default
  • Compatibility issues with some extensions
Also Available: Download PHP for Windows

Download PHP for Mac Latest Version
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What's new in this version:

Core:
- Fixed GH-19169 build issue with C++17 and ZEND_STATIC_ASSERT macro
- Fixed bug GH-19053 (Duplicate property slot with hooks and interface property)
- Fixed bug GH-19044 (Protected properties are not scoped according to their prototype)
- Fixed bug GH-18581 (Coerce numeric string keys from iterators when argument unpacking)
- Fixed OSS-Fuzz #434346548 (Failed assertion with throwing __toString in binary const expr)
- Fixed bug GH-19305 (Operands may be being released during comparison)
- Fixed bug GH-19303 (Unpacking empty packed array into uninitialized array causes assertion failure)
- Fixed bug GH-19306 (Generator can be resumed while fetching next value from delegated Generator)

Fixed bug GH-19326 (Calling Generator::throw() on a running generator with a non-Generator delegate crashes)
- Fixed bug GH-19280 (Stale array iterator position on rehashing)
- Fixed bug GH-18736 (Circumvented type check with return by ref + finally)
- Fixed bug GH-19065 (Long match statement can segfault compiler during recursive SSA renaming)

Calendar:
- Fixed bug GH-19371 (integer overflow in calendar.c)

FTP:
- Fix theoretical issues with hrtime() not being available

GD:
- Fix incorrect comparison with result of php_stream_can_cast()

Hash:
- Fix crash on clone failure

Intl:
- Fix memleak on failure in collator_get_sort_key()
- Fix return value on failure for resourcebundle count handler

LDAP:
- Fixed bug GH-18529 (additional inheriting of TLS int options)

LibXML:
- Fixed bug GH-19098 (libxml= MAXPATHLEN

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