This post will outline the process for a basic setup using Docker.īefore moving on to the actual implementation, let me address the two questions I still receive after all these years. Which 75% of is powered by PHP.įor those reasons, I am finally making the switch to using Docker for local development with Apache, MySQL, and PHP on macOS. In fact, Apple has added a warning about using the preinstalled PHP version and plans to no longer include it in future versions of macOS.

However, it looks like macOS Big Sur will not upgrade PHP. I held hope the next version of macOS might adopt a modern version of PHP. The primary reason was the need for a newer version of PHP. It wasn't until installing macOS Catalina that I began to move away from the preinstalled development tools I had preached for so many years. I know, Docker, gross right? Suppress that reaction for a few paragraphs…įor the last 8 years I've held one of the top search results for Installing Apache, PHP, and MySQL on Mac OS X.

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