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Why Safari on Mac OS X can execute processingjs on local without web server like MAMP but not Chrome? There is a Apache Server include in Mac OS ?

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JavaScript and PHP are very different things. Also you are not giving a lot of background info on what you are trying to do and how you tried it. – Gerry Jul 14 '12 at 16:14
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yes, sorry — may be it's a stack overflow question about Safari (or not a real question). – benoît Jul 14 '12 at 16:37

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PHP is a server-side programming language, it cannot be executed in the browser and needs to be interpreted by the server.

Apart from MAMP, you can also use the built-in Apache installation with OS X or a package manager like Homebrew or MacPorts to install a webserver with PHP support.

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Thank you for this link! But I edit my post to be more specific, I see a js script work only on Safari or Chrome with MAMP, I am really curious to understand. – benoît Jul 14 '12 at 16:09
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I didn't know that Safari could execute PHP; the only way that I believe that it could do this is by using Mac OS X's built-in Apache server and placing the files in the "Sites" folder. You can activate this server by using Web Sharing in System Preferences.

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