How to Set Up Apache and PHP on MacOS

Step by step tutorial setting up the default Apache server and loading the PHP5 module on a Mac running MacOS Sierra.

For the httpd.conf uncomment the following
LoadModule authz_host_module libexec/apache2/mod_authz_host.so
LoadModule authz_core_module libexec/apache2/mod_authz_core.so
LoadModule userdir_module libexec/apache2/mod_userdir.so
LoadModule vhost_alias_module libexec/apache2/mod_vhost_alias.so
LoadModule php5_module libexec/apache2/libphp5.so
Include /private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-userdir.conf
Include /private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf

And for the httpd-user.conf uncomment the following
Include /private/etc/apache2/users/*.conf

Restart the Apache server by
sudo apachectl restart