Configuring PHP, Apache, MySQL, and Xdebug for PHP development in MAC OS X This tutorial shows you how to set up PHP on the MAMP (Macintosh, Apache, MySQL, PHP) package, which includes the Apache web server, the MySQL database server, and the PHP engine. MAMP is intended as a PHP development environment for the Mac, which can work seamlessly with the NetBeans IDE. Xdebug is an extension for PHP th