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<h2 class="title">Using Packages</h2>
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There are a few pre-packaged and pre-compiled versions of PHP for
Mac OS X. This can help in setting up a standard
configuration, but if you need to have a different set of features
(such as a secure server, or a different database driver), you may
need to build PHP and/or your web server yourself. If you are unfamiliar
with building and compiling your own software, it's worth
checking whether somebody has already built a packaged
version of PHP with the features you need.
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The following resources offer easy to install packages and
precompiled binaries for PHP on Mac OS:
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MacPorts:
<a href="http://www.macports.org/" class="link external">» http://www.macports.org/</a>
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Entropy:
<a href="http://www.entropy.ch/software/macosx/php/" class="link external">» http://www.entropy.ch/software/macosx/php/</a>
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Fink:
<a href="http://www.finkproject.org/" class="link external">» http://www.finkproject.org/</a>
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Homebrew:
<a href="http://github.com/mxcl/homebrew" class="link external">» http://github.com/mxcl/homebrew</a>
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