edgariguana
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Can you walk me through the installation of a library for php, specifically what each terminal command does?I have been learning web development for 6 months and it is time I need the console / terminal. I can't find any beginner walkthrough of using the terminal to add libraries and plugins to PHP. There are a lot of tutorials for specific steps or errors, but none start to finish.
If you want specifics to make your example concrete, here is what I am trying to install:The library I am installing: http://code.google.com/p/phpquery/.My directory for PHP on MAMP: /Applications/MAMP/bin/php/php5.3.6/bin
Thanks!
Donedit: I figured out my specific issue, but I don't think I really understand what I did, so I can't repeat it by myself in any other situation. This thread can help a lot of new terminal users including myself. The type of response I am looking for would go like this:Step 1: Open your terminal. (This is an alternative way to navigate and execute commands on files on your computer).Step 2: Find out where MAMP is installed however you like. Then go to your terminal, and type in \[code\]cd\[/code\] followed by the path. \[code\]cd\[/code\] stands for current directory and tells your terminal where it should execute its commands. The command you use will be very similar to this \[code\]cd /Applications/MAMP\[/code\]. This will make your current directory MAMP. Step 3: You are adding a library to PHP. So you need to go to the PHP folder in MAMP.... (please help us from this part!)
If you want specifics to make your example concrete, here is what I am trying to install:The library I am installing: http://code.google.com/p/phpquery/.My directory for PHP on MAMP: /Applications/MAMP/bin/php/php5.3.6/bin
Thanks!
Donedit: I figured out my specific issue, but I don't think I really understand what I did, so I can't repeat it by myself in any other situation. This thread can help a lot of new terminal users including myself. The type of response I am looking for would go like this:Step 1: Open your terminal. (This is an alternative way to navigate and execute commands on files on your computer).Step 2: Find out where MAMP is installed however you like. Then go to your terminal, and type in \[code\]cd\[/code\] followed by the path. \[code\]cd\[/code\] stands for current directory and tells your terminal where it should execute its commands. The command you use will be very similar to this \[code\]cd /Applications/MAMP\[/code\]. This will make your current directory MAMP. Step 3: You are adding a library to PHP. So you need to go to the PHP folder in MAMP.... (please help us from this part!)