On your Mac, use Larvel Valet for local WordPress and PHP development

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1. You need Homebrew
2. `brew install php70`
3. `brew install mariadb` (server=127.0.0.1, username=root and password=an empty string)
4. `brew install composer`
5. `brew install wp-cli`
6. `composer global require laravel/valet`
7. Add ~/.composer/vendor/bin to PATH
8. `valet install`
9. `mkdir ~/Sites`
10. `cd ~/Sites`
11. `valet park`
12. `mkdir ~/Sites/wp-valet`
13. `cd ~/Sites/wp-valet`
14. `wp core download`
15. https://wp-valet.dev
16. BONUS: Share your local site using `cd ~/Sites/wp-valet && valet share`

You can learn a lot more at:

• Laravel Valet
• A Minimalist Development Environment for WordPress with Laravel Valet
• Laravel Releases Valet, a Minimalist Development Environment with Support for WordPress
• Video: Local WordPress Development With Laravel Valet

Btw, for more complex projects I use VVV