Does the combo of PHP5, MySQL, and a Macbook Pro constitute a LAMP stack? If not, what does?

I mostly code in Visual Studio, I like it, but lately it's making me feel a little claus开发者_如何学JAVAtrophobic. On my MacBook Pro, I've set up PHP5 and MySQL (natively). With the built-in server on the mac, does this constitute a LAMP stack? Is Mac OSX considered a Linux Environment? I have VMWare Fusion 3, should I set up a Linux OS virtually in order to implement a LAMP stack? Should I just use CakePHP or Zend? Any guidance would be greatly appreciated.

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It's not a LAMP it's MAMP but all your applications developed for this environment will be fully compatible with the LAMP stack.
The difference it's more theoretical than practical.

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Actually, a very common service for setting up MySQL and Apache/PHP support on a Mac is called MAMP. So there you go. I guess you're on MAMP.

But actually, the OS only matters if you plan on using it. I use and enjoy the CodeIgniter PHP framework which is OS agnostic, so I really only need the -AMP stack.

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Technically, OS X is a BSD based OS, not Linux.

The setup you are talking about is generally referred to as MAMP (Mac, Apache, MySQL, PHP)

That said, it's close enough for all practical purposes.

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Whether or not something is a "LAMP stack" is irrelevant. Your machine can probably run most web applications just fine.

No, OS X is not a Linux environment, but it is just fine for running a small web server.

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Mac OS X is not a Linux environment, but it sure is a *nix environment, so maybe is not a LAMP in the strong sense of the word, but its as powerful and useful as one.

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If the server is Apache, you have a MAMP. LAMP strictly refers to Linux systems.

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