I'm running a MacPro G5 w/ 10.5.8. I ran: sudo port selfupdate and then ran: sudo port upgrade outdated When it was all finished, I rebooted and apache2 was broken and would not serve PHP file any longer. If I replace the httpd.conf file, it will serve html files. I finally gave up and restored the backup and the machine is running again. The problem is I have a second machine that I did the same thing on and don't want to go through the same process. I've read several posts about uninstalling/reinstalling Macports like this one from Kirk Roybal How to do a clean reinstall with macports?, but it doesn't say if this process will destroy or reset the contents of the /opt/local/ directory. Especially the MySQL DBs and htdocs contents. Does anyone know if this process is linked or destructive? I'll make backups of everything, of course, before trying anything.
SOLUTION: I got it to work by making the php53 install work instead of going backwards. Here's what I did:
sudo port select --set php php53 (set MacPorts to use php53 instead of php5)
sudo port installed (Check to make sure php53-apache2handler is installed)
sudo port install php53-apache2handler (It wasn't and yours probably isn't either)
once that's done installing
php -v (check the version of PHP that's running)
cd /opt/local/apache2/modules
sudo /opt/local/apache2/bin/apxs -a -e -n php mod_php53.so (activates php within apache)
this should append
LoadModule php5_module modules/mod_php53.so
to your /opt/local/apache2/conf/httpd.conf file (check it now)
There will also be a line like this
LoadModule php5_module modules/mod_php5.so
Comment it out or remove it so is doesn't interfere with new install
It should also move a copy of mod_php53.so to
/opt/local/apache2/modules
If it's not there, see php53-apache2handler install above.
Check your httpd.conf file for errors
/opt/local/apache2/bin/httpd -S
Finally, create/edit php.ini file to tell apache2 how to connect to MySQL database
cd /opt/local/etc/php53
sudo cp php.ini-production php.ini (for production machine use development for dev machine)
sudo cp php.ini php.ini.bak
Add the default socket paths to php.ini
pdo_mysql.default_socket=/opt/local/var/run/mysql5/mysqld.sock (may vary based on MySQL version. Check the /opt/local/var/run directory if not sure)
mysql.default_socket=/opt/local/var/run/mysql5/mysqld.sock
mysqli.default_socket=/opt/local/var/run/mysql5/mysqld.sock
If you are having problems connecting to MySQL, check for typos in the above paths FIRST. Trust me it will save you tons of time! If all went according to plan, you should be able to restart the machine, test to make sure all ports started automatically and things should be working.
