Symfony doesn’t play well with the default OS X server setup, so you will need an alternative setup. This tutorial assumes you are using MAMP but XAMPP is also an option.
This tutorial will get a server up and running that works with Symfony and allow you to access your projects from http://ProjectName.localhost/
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I recently started working my way into the world of the PHP framework Symfony. While following the superb Jobeet tutorial, I encountered an error involving PDO_MYSQL and Mac OS X. I spent an hour trying to trace down the problem and another hour finding a solution. And as always, when something takes me too long to solve, I write a guide for it!
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A while back I throw together this AppleScript to trigger Quicksilver to not only go to iTunes, but to automatically focus on the current track. (Note: When iTunes is already the front window, the command to do this is ⌘L.
I recently had to setup MySQL on Mac OS X Leopard (I was using 10.5.6). I can never find a guide that gets Apache, MySQL and PHP working using the binaries that come packaged with Leopard. I also don’t like using pre-packaged installers like XAMPP and MAMP. This guide is intended for advanced users as very little explanation is given for each step.
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Jeremy Blanchard: Student, Nerd, Enviro-geek
