Connect to postgreSQL db using PHP on mac os X

Question

I tried to connect to a local postgre Database with PDO using PHP.

1. When running my code, the error message showed: Fatal error: Uncaught PDOException: could not find driver in {file path}

2. After googling, it looks like updating the PDO extension is a way fixing it.

   Then I tried to use the code here .

3. When executing line 21 ./configure --with-pdo-pgsql="/Library/PostgreSQL/9.3/"
   , the error message is shown: configure: error: Cannot find libpq-fe.h. Please specify correct PostgreSQL installation path configure: error: Cannot find libpq-fe.h. Please specify correct PostgreSQL installation path
   ps I check the setting of my Postgres, the paths are shown below, do I need to change path to one of those?

4. Then I googled for the error again. There are a number of post indicate that using yum -y install postgresql-devel

5. But the error shows again when I tried to run the code: -bash: yum: command not found

This is a confusing journey of PHP beginner tried to figure out getting data from a database using

PHP. Can someone provide a way to do achieve this (On Mac)?

Answer 1

The problem is solved when changing my local server from xampp to mapp.