How do I setup a localhost using the Sites folder on my Mac?

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How do I setup a localhost using the "Sites" folder on my Mac?

Daniel Beck · Answer 1 · 2010-12-23 23:42:52Z

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Open System Preferences » Sharing, and enable Web Sharing.

You'll find the URLs specified there. For example, my Sites folder /Users/danielbeck/Sites is accessible as http://10.0.1.2/~danielbeck/.

answered Dec 23 '10 at 23:42

	Thank you, but I wanted to get local php working such as WordPress. I have seen many posts, but none about the "Sites" folder. – david Dec 24 '10 at 0:41
	@david In that case, your question is lacking your actual requirements. You need to configure Apache to support PHP, just as on any other system. `httpd.conf` is in `/etc/apache2`, and while it's been a while since I worked with it, you might have success by uncommenting the line containing `php5_module`, and toggling Web Sharing to restart Apache. – Daniel Beck Dec 24 '10 at 0:44

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