General questions about install order and variants (Apache2, PHP5, PostgreSQL, mySQL)

[Mark Hattam]

>
>php5 is where you're going to have the most choices, variant-wise. 
>You definitely want +apache2 +postgresql +mysql5 but there are 
>plenty of other variants. Mainly, the others map to configure 
>options, so either you could guess from the names of variants 
>(mostly descriptive enough) or you could try reading the portfile 
>(it's at `port file php5`). You *don't* want +macosx, which will 
>build php for the Apple's server, rather than MacPorts'.
>

That's handy to know, as I have
   php5 @5.2.2_0+apache2+darwin_8+macosx+mysql5 (active)

on my Powerbook G4Ti ... I'd never have guessed that +macosx wasn't 
intended for the standard MacOSX 10.4.9 which I have installed. Seems 
to work fine though ...


Mark