Setting up a local web server on a Mac

Great guide, thanks John.

Just a note, in case anyone has the same issue. At first I couldn't get this to work. I tried logging out and back in (still no joy), then restarting the mac (still no joy).

Try doing both of those first. However, if, like me, you still can't get the local host site to load, try the following: You should find a file at /Library/WebServer/Documents/index.html.en . This contains the text "It works!" referred to in the post. What I did was duplicate that file in the same folder and changed the duplicate's name to 'index.html', leaving the original in situ.

Both local and user sites then loaded. After which, I was able to delete the duplicated file and everything now works without issue. Just to be clear, leave the original file index.html.en where it is, untouched and unharmed throughout this step.

Not sure why I had to take this mysterious detour - probably something local to my machine, but if you're having trouble after following the guide above, see if it helps.

Testing user tips

Hi Etresoft. On my new iMac, with OS 10.13.3, the php version is 7. I had to tweak a few things to get 5.6

Austin Kinsella1 wrote:

Hi Etresoft. On my new iMac, with OS 10.13.3, the php version is 7.

When did that happen? I updated that for High Sierra. Oh well, I've updated it again. Thanks!