How to keep PHP and MySQL of ampps as default in MacOSX?

Question

I'm using MacOS X 10.6.2. I want to use AMPPS http://www.ampps.com/ as my local development server so my question is how do I keep my AMPPS PHP & MySQL default?

Solution 1

if you meant how to set AMPPS php and mysql as default, then you must define this line in ~/.bash_profile:

export PATH="/Applications/AMPPS/php/bin:/Applications/AMPPS/mysql/bin:$PATH"

This makes the OS search for binaries in this paths before the default ones.

Solution 2

You should find two options in AMPPS "Start AMPPS on Starup" and "Start Apache & MySQL on Application startup".

These options can be found exactly at: Right click on AMPPS Dock Icon -> Configuration -> AMPPS.

Solution 3

If you're on a newer version of AMPPS make sure you choose the proper folder path.

export PATH="/Applications/AMPPS/php-5.6/bin:/Applications/AMPPS/mysql/bin:$PATH"

instead of plain "php" add the version.