MAMP Setup Instructions

Getting Started

Start by downloading a copy of the latest version of MAMP from their website and install the software.

Once the software has finished installing and the application launches, you should see something like this:

Click "Start Servers" and you're ready to go!
Add some files to your server root at /Applications/MAMP/htdocs and visit http://localhost:8888 to view your server.
To access server utilities and tools, visit http://localhost:8888/MAMP/
To access MySQL using phpMyAdmin, visit http://localhost:8888/phpMyAdmin/

From the application home screen (shown above), click on "Preferences".
Under the PHP tab, select the lower numbered version of PHP. Unless you're specifically using features from a newer version of PHP and have control over your production environment, using a lower version number will help ensure your code respects backwards compatibility and can be run on most servers.

From the application home screen (shown above), click on "Preferences".
Under the Web Server tab, click on the folder icon to select a new location for your web server to point to. This can be anywhere on your computer, but generally it's best to make subfolders in /Applications/MAMP/htdocs for each of your projects, and switch between them as needed.
Once you select a new Document Root, MAMP will restart the server and you can continue working on the new site you just setup.