set up php / apache on osx lion

php-apache-lion

#create file containing something like below -- in /etc/apache2/sites/localweb.conf
# (you may need to create the /etc/apache2/sites directory)
<VirtualHost 127.0.0.1:80>
    ServerName www.localweb.com
    ServerAlias *.localweb.com
    DocumentRoot "/Users/kem/src/localweb"
    <Directory "/Users/kem/src/localweb">
        Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
        AllowOverride None
        Order allow,deny
        Allow from all
    </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

# then go into system preferences -> sharing, turn on web sharing
#
# from: http://akrabat.com/php/setting-up-php-mysql-on-os-x-10-7-lion/
edit /etc/apache2/httpd.conf, Find #LoadModule php5_module libexec/apache2/libphp5.so and remove the leading #

cd /etc
sudo cp php.ini.default php.ini
sudo chmod ug+w php.ini
sudo chgrp admin php.ini
vim php.ini (assuming your user is a member of the admin group) and change settings appropriately. Change:

error_reporting  =  E_ALL | E_STRICT
display_errors = On
html_errors = On
extension_dir = "/usr/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20090626"
Also, change all instances of /var/mysql/mysql.sock to /tmp/mysql.sock