title: Best way to do PHP development on OS X
body: <p>I just got a Mac with OS X (10.6.8). What options do I have to do serious PHP developement, including a debugger?</p>
  
  <p>I don't ask about what IDE to use. I'm not sure what is the best way to get PHP including XDebug (or any other professional debugger) working. I heard that the Mac comes with Apache and PHP preinstalled. Where can I find any documentation about this. Should I just add MySql and work with this? Or should I go for MAMP or XAMPP. What would be the benefit of this installs over the built in?</p>
  
  <p>I found a lot of descriptions about how to compile XDebug from scratch. Non of them worked for me. Isn't there an easier way of getting a debugger working for OS X?</p>
  
  <p>I'm also ready to upgrade the Mac to the latest OS X, if this is of any help.</p>