WebStart

The default MAMP PRO WebStart page provides links to access utilities such as phpMyAdmin, phpInfo, SQLite Manager, phpLiteAdmin, FAQ, and the MAMP PRO Website.


PHPInfo

PHPInfo provides general information about your PHP interpreter. Information including which extensions are included can be found using phpInfo.

MAMP

Your php.ini file directory location can be found through phpInfo. The php.ini file cannot be modified directly. Changes to the php.ini file must be made through the template file.

To access the phpInfo of each individual host see the Settings > Hosts > General section.


Tools

  • phpMyAdmin

    phpMyAdmin is a web based database administrator. Your MAMP PRO instance of phpMyAdmin can be accessed through a link in the WebStart page. The source files for this instance of phpMyAdmin are located in

    “/Library/Application Support/appsolute/MAMP PRO/phpMyAdmin”.

    Additional MySQL users can be created using the “User Accounts” tab.

  • phpLiteAdmin
    phpLiteAdmin is a web-based SQLite database admin tool written in PHP with support for SQLite3 and SQLite2.

  • APC
    The Alternative PHP Cache is a free and open opcode cache for PHP.

  • eAccelerator
    eAccelerator is a free open-source PHP accelerator & optimizer.

  • XCache
    XCache is a open-source opcode cache.

  • OPCache
    OPcache improves PHP performance by storing precompiled script bytecode in shared memory, thereby removing the need for PHP to load and parse scripts on each request.


Examples

Several examples show how to connect to the MySQL database using PHP, Python, Perl, Ruby.