Greetings,
Frist, I will start by saying I am not a programmer. I am currently the gui admin for Moodle 2.6 at Cal Poly, SLO so I am familiar with Moodle.
I am working on a new theme for Cal Poly and want to install Moodle 2.7 on a laptop just for me to work on the Theme. I installed the MAMP from Moodle (Moodle27). I have successfully started apache on the Mac OS X 10.8 laptop. I was able to see the "it works" when I typed the URL - "localhost" in the browser. I also can see the PHP info when I type the URL - "localhost/phpinfo.php". BUT, when I try to "start servers" in MAMP I get this error "Apache couldn't be started. Please check your MAMP installation and configuration."
Apache is running. I used multiple websites for information, such as;
http://machiine.com/2013/how-to-install-apache-and-php-on-a-mac-with-osx-10-8-mamp-part-1/
lynda.com - Installing Apache, MySQL, and PHP with David Gassner
Moodle - Activity Monitor, quit the... httpd nobody
I have successfully installed Moodle 2.0 and MAMP on an older laptop 3 years ago, but today after trying for 6 hours....I am really to wait for HELP.
Thank you in advance for your helpful advice,
Tonia Malone
Cal Poly - SLO