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Getting MySQL and PHP running on Terminal with XAMPP

September 20, 2011 No Comments

I have XAMPP setup on my Mac. Getting MySQL and PHP to run in terminal didn’t work after installation. To be able to run mysql and php you have to add the xampp application to the .bash_profile file in your users home directory.

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# .bash_profile
# Get the aliases and functions
if [ -f ~/.bashrc ]; then
. ~/.bashrc
fi
# User specific environment and startup programs
export XAMPP_HOME=/Applications/xampp/xamppfiles
export PATH=${XAMPP_HOME}/bin:${PATH}
export PATH
unset USERNAME

To check that it has worked, open a new terminal session and type in:

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which mysql
which php

Both should point to /Applications/xampp/xamppfiles

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Hello, my name is Richard Castera. I have more than 12 years of experience architecting, implementing, leading and launching large scale, high performance software products in a fast-paced agile environment.

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