PHP may be deprecated but Perl will soon be activated. 😄 Supposedly, the PHP acronym stood for “People Hate Perl”. #PHP was deprecated in macOS 11 and removed from macOS 12Īll the hip web developers are using various Javascript frameworks these days anyway. Apple even includes the following note at line 187 of this file: Sorry, but PHP is NOT included in Monterey. To get started, edit the Apache configuration file as root: Lines in bold are what you will have to type in. Basic understanding of Terminal.app and how to run command-line programs.For things like database, web, and mail services, I have found it easier to just setup the client OS version manually. Server does a few specific tricks really well and is a good choice for those.

Another note: These instructions apply to the client versions of OS X, not Server. There have been significant changes since earlier versions of macOS. Note: This user tip is specific to macOS 12 “Monterey”. I have another User Tip for installing and configuring MySQL and email servers. This User Tip only contains instructions for configuring the Apache server and Perl module. This is meant to be a development platform so that you can build and test your sites locally, then deploy to an internet server. Here is my definitive guide to getting a local web server running on macOS 12 “Monterey”.

Local web server mac