On Mac, there are also "next, next next..." software like Xampp which can help you perfectly to follow this book, but if you want to have something a bit more modular, you can use Homebrew to set up your environment:
https://brew.sh/index_es
Homebrew is nothing more than a package manager, in short, a program that allows us to install other programs like PHP, MySQL, etc; in my blog and YouTube channel I have some resources that can be used to install these tools and with this, to be able to install your PHP and MySQL; since Apache is installed by default.
For install PHP:
https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/php
For install MySQL:
https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/mysql
- Andrés Cruz
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