Monday, September 20, 2010

MySQL problem after upgrade to Mac OS 10.6 #2

Mac OS version:
10.6.4

Problem:
phpMyAdmin show following error after login

"Cannot start session without errors, please check errors given in your PHP and/or webserver log file and configure your PHP installation properly."

Solution:
In folder "/etc"
Recreate "php.ini" from "php.ini.default"
- sudo cp php.ini.default php.ini
- sudo chmod 777 php.ini
- edit /etc/php.ini (using what ever editor)
-> session:auto_start = 1
-> session:save_path = /tmp
-> mysql.default_socket = /tmp/mysql.sock (x2)
- sudo chmod 444 php.ini
Restart apache

Saturday, August 28, 2010

MySQL problem after upgrade to Mac OS 10.6

Mac OS version:
10.6.3

Problem:
MySQL server not started

Solution:
Create a symbolic link named "mysql"
In folder "/usr/local"
Point to "/usr/local/mysql-5.1.42-osx10.5-x86_64"
Restart computer

Wednesday, June 16, 2010

14" Notebook

1) Asus
A52JC

A52JR
http://hk.asus.com/product.aspx?P_ID=OdtStEQ9nbSbUSMI

A52F

2) Lenovo
Thinkpad Edge
Core i3-330M, 14" WXGA, 320G HD, 2G RAM, DVD
HDMI, 6 cell, 2.22kg, Win7 Home Premium
Color:black or red
Price: HK$5,688 up

Saturday, June 12, 2010

Handle photo with iPhone

1) Copy photo file from SD card to iPhone

ZoomIt SD Card Reader (hardware)
Google Search: iPhone SD card reader


2) Upload file to FTP server

iStorage (iPhone App)
Info: search "iStorage" in iTunes App Store
Google Search: istorage

FTP On The Go (iPhone App)
Info: search "ftp" in iTunes App Store
Google Search: ftp on the go
Google Search: iPhone upload ftp


3) Update Exif/IPTC meta data of photo file

Still searching ...




Monday, May 17, 2010

Install GD on Mac with PHP

Reference:

1. start terminal
sudo bash

2. install libjpeg

mkdir -p /SourceCache
cd /SourceCache
curl -O http://.../jpegsrc.v6b.tar.gz
(http://www.opensource.apple.com/source/apache_mod_php/apache_mod_php-53/libjpeg)
(or download first, then cp /.../jpegsrc.v6b.tar.gz .)
tar xzpf jpegsrc.v6b.tar.gz
cd /SourceCache/jpeg-6b
cp /usr/share/libtool/config.sub .
cp /usr/share/libtool/config.guess .

(64-bit only)
MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=10.5 CFLAGS="-arch ppc -arch ppc64 -arch i386 -arch x86_64 -g -Os -pipe -no-cpp-precomp" CCFLAGS="-arch ppc -arch ppc64 -arch i386 -arch x86_64 -g -Os -pipe" CXXFLAGS="-arch ppc -arch ppc64 -arch i386 -arch x86_64 -g -Os -pipe" LDFLAGS="-arch ppc -arch ppc64 -arch i386 -arch x86_64 -bind_at_load" ./configure --enable-shared

make clean
make
mkdir -p /usr/local/include
mkdir -p /usr/local/bin
mkdir -p /usr/local/lib
mkdir -p /usr/local/man/man1
make install

3. Compile GD graphics library extension (gd.so)

- make sure which php version is using

mkdir -p /SourceCache
cd /SourceCache
curl -O http://.../php-5.2.11.tar.bz2
(http://us.php.net/get/php-5.2.11.tar.bz2/from/a/mirror)
(or download first, then cp /.../php-5.2.11.tar.bz2 .)
tar xjf php-5.2.11.tar.bz2
cd /SourceCache/php-5.2.11/ext/gd
phpize

(64-bit only)
MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=10.5 CFLAGS="-arch ppc -arch ppc64 -arch i386 -arch x86_64 -g -Os -pipe -no-cpp-precomp" CCFLAGS="-arch ppc -arch ppc64 -arch i386 -arch x86_64 -g -Os -pipe" CXXFLAGS="-arch ppc -arch ppc64 -arch i386 -arch x86_64 -g -Os -pipe" LDFLAGS="-arch ppc -arch ppc64 -arch i386 -arch x86_64 -bind_at_load" ./configure --with-zlib-dir=/usr --with-jpeg-dir=/usr/local/lib --with-png-dir=/usr/X11R6 --with-freetype-dir=/usr/X11R6 --with-xpm-dir=/usr/X11R6

make clean
make
make install

4. Add gd.so to PHP

- edit php.ini
-> add extension=gd.so
-> add extension_dir=/usr/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20060613

- restart apache
-> apachectl graceful


Friday, February 5, 2010

Install PHP + MySQL + PhpMyAdmin on Mac with Apache

1. activate web share

2. test apache by using test.html
- computer doc root /Library/WebServer/Documents/
- current user doc root ~/Sites/

3. test php by using phpinfo()

4. install MySQL

5. config MySQL
- /usr/local/mysql/bin/mysqladmin -u root password
- /usr/local/mysql/bin/mysqladmin -u root -p password
- sudo chmod 777 php.ini
- edit /etc/php.ini (using what ever editor)
-> session.auto_start = 1
-> session.save_path = /tmp
-> mysql.default_socket = /tmp/mysql.sock
-> mysqli.default_socket = /tmp/mysql.sock
- sudo chmod 444 php.ini

6. copy phpMyAdmin to computer doc root

7. config apache alias
- sudo chmod 777 httpd.conf
- edit /etc/apache2/httpd.conf
-> Alias /artmate "/<folder>"
-> <Directory "/<folder>">
-> Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
-> AllowOverride None
-> Order allow,deny
-> Allow from all
-> </Directory>
- sudo chmod 644 httpd.conf