How To Install Memcache on MAMP 2

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How To Install Memcache on MAMP 2

Note: This is an old guide and may not work for newer versions of macOS. Please see comments below for additional steps.

0. Install memcached. I'd suggest using homebrew. brew install memcached
1. Select your desired version of PHP that you'd like to use in MAMP. This dropdown is located in the PHP tab in MAMP PRO.
2. Visit the Downloads Page on php.net and download the source code. If your release isn't listed, visit the Releases page.
3. Extract the source into /Applications/MAMP/bin/php/[php version folder]/include/php.
4. /Applications/MAMP/bin/php/[php version folder]/include/php/configure
5. /Applications/MAMP/bin/php/[php version folder]/bin/pecl i memcache.
6. Add extension=memcache.so to your php.ini
   • MAMP Pro: /Applications/MAMP\ Pro/MAMP\ PRO.app/Contents/Resources/php[your php version].ini
   • MAMP: /Applications/MAMP/conf/php[your php version].ini
7. Restart Apache, then 🍺.
8. Verify memcache is installed correctly by going to http://localhost/MAMP/phpinfo.php and ⌘+F for "memcache".

Also...

Once you have your local binaries properly configured, you can essentially install any other php extension by using that pecl binary. pear, php and phpize should work as well.

Troubleshooting

Make sure pecl compiled the memcache extension to the correct place. It should be in a folder named: /Applications/MAMP/bin/php/[PHP VERSION FOLDER]/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20060613

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Inspired by this tutorial, and gisted in case it ever went down.

Sorry, perhaps a noob question, but step 5 and 6 are not clear. Are we supposed to cd to those directories?

Also, step 7 in MAMP PRO should be "in MAMP PRO, go to File > Edit Template > PHP > YOUR PHP VERSION"

Thank you!

Thanks! This worked perfectly well after 2 days of trying to install memcached with other tutorials.

This guy has it down pretty well, especially with just using brew. https://github.com/majksner/php-memcached-mamp

How setup autorun memcached with MAMP PRO?

@up:
To have launchd start memcached at login:
ln -sfv /usr/local/opt/memcached/*.plist ~/Library/LaunchAgents
Then to load memcached now:
launchctl load ~/Library/LaunchAgents/homebrew.mxcl.memcached.plist
Or, if you don't want/need launchctl, you can just run:
/usr/local/opt/memcached/bin/memcached

@Dezinger - memcached is a separate process that needs to be started manually or automatically via launchctl using the commands that @knittos provided. The PHP memcached extension is, just that, an extension, that connects to memcached when it's running.

What about MAMP PRO 3?

Really helped a lot, thanks!

Worked for me.
Thanks

MAMP PRO 3.0.3 is can't works

Did anyone found a way to make it work for MAMP PRO 3.0.3?

Yes I have enabled memcached for MAMP PRO 3.0.3 .. you just need to download php source code form and configure it in currently selected php version in mamp pro. Then run "pecl install memcached"

/private/tmp/pear/temp/memcache/memcache.c:40:10: fatal error: 'ext/standard/php_smart_str.h' file not found
#include "ext/standard/php_smart_str.h"
^
1 error generated.
make: *** [memcache.lo] Error 1
ERROR: `make' failed

Same problem as @Jatstar

@Jatstar @mhulse you need to use : pecl install memcached and previously brew install libmemcached

This is great solution.
But, that really I need to run memached is only to run
cd /Applications/MAMP/bin/php/[php version folder]/bin/
sudo ./pecl i memcache
and follow command line instructions
Then follow step 6

Thanks for this solution 👍

Not to take away any hard work here, but I think with macOS 11.1 this GISt helps, but still requires some extra steps

https://gist.github.com/Niteshvgupta/1832ce29dee460b64d5384e4f585e7ab

I left a comment because I ran into a number of errors as well.