Please forgive me, but I have not a clue as to where to start. I appreciate all you advice and help.
I was running (by default), 5.5.3. Then learned joomla does not run on 5.5.3. So I changed the folder name in the PHP.ini by adding an X to the end of the folder name. Doing this appeared to have made the change, and my phpinfo showed MAMP running 5.4.19.
- for reinstalling Apache and PHP, do I just reinstall MAMP?
- How do I shutdown, or prevent from attempting to run two PHP versions?
When I reinstall everything: I get whats below. That means everything is OK...right?
MAMP PRO - manage your websites locally
The virtual host was set up successfully.
If you can see this page, your new virtual host was set up successfully. Now, web contents can be added and this placeholder page1 should be replaced or deleted.
Server name: localhost
Document-Root: /Applications/MAMP/htdocs
No... this is where my problem begins. Once I get MAMP running, then move kickstart.php, .jpa file, and en*****.ini into htdocs, MAMP does not find these files.
MAMP does not find this stuff at localhost or localhost:8888
Ok, I will jump on MAMP forum and ask. I have been there before. Not nearly as responsive as you guys/gals.
MAMP runs fine. I did get the kickstart program to run by adding .php to the line "localhost:8888/kickstart.php" (just a beginner)
Now I get this PHP error:
[06-Jan-2014 14:01:24 America/New_York] PHP Notice: Undefined variable: document in /Applications/MAMP/htdocs/installation/framework/application/application.php on line 297
[06-Jan-2014 14:01:24 America/New_York] PHP Fatal error: Call to a member function getCharset() on a non-object in /Applications/MAMP/htdocs/installation/framework/application/application.php on line 297