Installations Tips

Pro Tip - "Creating a new DB in MAMP & Install a new Wordpress instance":

1. wp core download --locale=it_IT

2. wp core config --dbname=wp_test --dbuser=root --dbpass=root --dbhost=127.0.0.1

3. wp db create

4. wp core install --url=http://127.0.0.1/folder-name --title="Site Name" --admin_name="admin" --admin_password="admin" --admin_email="example@example.com" --skip-email

Pro Tip - "Force using MAMP's bundled binaries in a Linux/Mac OS"

1. run: nano ~.bash_profile
2. append the following lines:

   PHP_VERSION=`ls /Applications/MAMP/bin/php/ | sort -n | tail -1` # get latest available PHP version
   export PATH=/Applications/MAMP/bin/php/${PHP_VERSION}/bin:$PATH  # see: /Applications/MAMP/bin/php
   alias mysql='/Applications/MAMP/Library/bin/mysql'
   

3. run: source ~.bash_profile

Pro Tip - "Force using MAMP's Windows binaries in a Windows Subsystem for Linux ("Windows Bash")"

1. run nano ~.bash_profile
2. append the following lines:

   alias php=php.exe
   alias wp='cmd.exe /c wp'
   alias composer='cmd.exe /c composer'
   

3. run source ~.bash_profile
4. (optional) create a shortcut to your windows user folder: ln -s /mnt/c/Users/<USERNAME> ~/<USERNAME>

Pro Tip - "Use MAMP's bundled binaries in a Windows OS ("Windows Terminal")"

_{Warning: You may permanently lose your PATH data (don't blindly copy/paste this..)}

1. run setx path %path%;C:\MAMP\bin\php\php7.0.9\ for php version 7.0.9
2. run setx path %path%;C:\MAMP\bin\mysql\bin for mysql
3. (optional) run setx path %path%;C:\some_path for wp-cli, git, composer and so on...