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PHP can’t access MySQL after upgrade to Mac OS 10.6.6?

If you find that php can’t access MySQL on your local dev environment after upgrading to Mac OS 10.6.6. It’s because it’s looking for the socket file in /var/mysql/mysql.sock, except that it’s not there.  It’s in /temp/mysql.sock. I resolved the issue by using the following commands: $ sudo mkdir /var/mysql $ sudo ln -s /tmp/mysql.sock [...]

Warning: date() [function.date] error after upgrading to php 5.3.0

If you’re getting an error similar to the above after upgrading to php 5.3.0, pop open your php.ini file (perhaps in ‘/etc/php.ini’, or ‘/usr/local/php5/lib/php.ini’. Then uncomment the “date.timezone” line, and change it to date.timezone = “American/Denver” CORRECTION: should be: date.timezone = American/Denver. Note the lack of quotation marks. See this website for a complete list [...]