Apache 2 and PHP 5 on Mac OS X

Lest I forget to post about it later tonight, LaughingMeme has a short and sweet HOWTO on compiling and installing both Apache 2 and PHP 5 on Mac OS X. Thanks to the gods of synchronicity, I had actually started compiling PHP 5 yesterday and only stopped cold due to not having libxml2 and a relatively updated Fink.

If I find the time to do this on my iBook, I'll take the time to expand on it and explore:

• providing an Apple-like startup script
• replacing (in a reversible fashion) the built-in Apache install, including interaction with mod_rendezvous, System Preferences, etc.
• adding/configuring my usual custom set of PHP extensions (which may or may not be part of PHP 5 now):
  • GD (including JPEG, PNG, GIF and TrueType) and EXIF Support
  • Turck MMCache
  • Ming 0.3

All this, of course, provided I can find the time.