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I would like to test my application on PHP 5.3 up to PHP 7.0.
Where and how can I install the versions and how can I switch them by running a small script?
If you have both versions of PHP installed, you can switch between versions using the link and unlink brew commands.
For example, to switch between PHP 7.4 and PHP 7.3
brew unlink php#7.4
brew link php#7.3
PS: both versions of PHP have be installed for these commands to work.
I found this very good tutorial on how to install and switch php versions on OSX.
I can switch the version like
$ sphp 7.0 => PHP 7.0
$ sphp 7.3 => PHP 7.3
$ sphp 7.4 => PHP 7.4
Exactly what I want!
Example: Let us switch from php 7.4 to 7.3
brew unlink php#7.4
brew install php#7.3
brew link php#7.3
If you get Warning: php#7.3 is keg-only and must be linked with --force
Then try with:
brew link php#7.3 --force
Using brew
Show current version
$ php -v
Change to different version
(eg. changing from 5.5.x to version 7.0.latest) :
$ brew unlink php55
$ brew install php70
I liked the switcher idea because I'm working of different version at the moment so what you need is
brew install brew-php-switcher
then brew-php-switcher version
for example brew-php-switcher 7.4
i think unlink & link php versions are not enough because we are often using php with apache(httpd), so need to update httpd.conf after switch php version.
i have write shell script for disable/enable php_module automatically inside httpd.conf, look at line 46 to line 54 https://github.com/dangquangthai/switch-php-version-on-mac-sierra/blob/master/switch-php#L46
Follow my steps:
1) Check installed php versions by brew, for sure everything good
> brew list | grep php
#output
php56
php56-intl
php56-mcrypt
php71
php71-intl
php71-mcrypt
2) Run script
> switch-php 71 # or switch-php 56
#output
PHP version [71] found
Switching from [php56] to [php71] ...
Unlink php56 ... [OK] and Link php71 ... [OK]
Updating Apache2.4 Configuration /usr/local/etc/httpd/httpd.conf ... [OK]
Restarting Apache2.4 ... [OK]
PHP 7.1.11 (cli) (built: Nov 3 2017 08:48:02) ( NTS )
Copyright (c) 1997-2017 The PHP Group
Zend Engine v3.1.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2017 Zend Technologies
3) Finally, when your got above message, check httpd.conf, in my laptop:
vi /usr/local/etc/httpd/httpd.conf
You can see near by LoadModule lines
LoadModule php7_module /usr/local/Cellar/php71/7.1.11_22/libexec/apache2/libphp7.so
#LoadModule php5_module /usr/local/Cellar/php56/5.6.32_8/libexec/apache2/libphp5.so
4) open httpd://localhost/info.php
i hope it helpful
If you install PHP with homebrew, you can switch between versions very easily. Say you want php56 to point to Version 5.6.17, you just do:
brew switch php56 5.6.17
If you have installed php with latest version on your local system and using homebrew then to switch to older version, run following commands.
Here, we are switching to 7.4
brew unlink php
brew install php#7.4
brew link php#7.4
How to:
Find installed PHP versions
Switch from default PHP package to a versioned package
% brew search php
brew-php-switcher php-cs-fixer php#7.3 phplint phpstan pup
php ✔ php-cs-fixer#2 php#7.4 ✔ phpmd phpunit
php-code-sniffer php#7.2 phpbrew phpmyadmin pcp
% brew unlink php
% brew link php#7.4
brew link --overwrite php#7.3
Works perfectly for me :-)
delete all row with "php" in:
nano ~/.zshrc
after that it will work:
brew unlink php#7.4 && brew link php#8.0
if you are using homebrew, then it allows multiple versions of a formula to be installed.
hence,
brew unlink is used to detach a version of formula from usage.
brew link is used to attach a version of formula to usage.
for example, if you have php 7.4 and 8.0 both installed and want to switch between them assuming you are currently using 7.4, then it can be done as :
brew unlink php#7.4
brew link php#8.0
I prefer to use phpbrew where you can easily install ($ phpbrew install 8.1.3 +default) and switch (phpbrew switch 8.1.3) the used php version.
https://github.com/phpbrew/phpbrew
Old question but it's still a difficulty to have a quick way to switch between php versions in 2022. I use Laravel valet and switching PHP versions requires a re install of valet to work. I basically have two custom functions defined in my .zhsrc file, but I think this will work for bash too:
switchphp7() {
valet stop
brew unlink php#8.1
brew services stop php#8.1
brew link --force --overwrite php#7.4
brew services start php#7.4
composer global update
rm -f ~/.config/valet/valet.sock
valet install
valet start
}
switchphp8() {
valet stop
brew unlink php#7.4
brew services stop php#7.4
brew link --force --overwrite php#8.1
brew services start php#8.1
composer global update
rm -f ~/.config/valet/valet.sock
valet install
valet start
}
And then just run them in the command line:
switchphp8
This works reliably for me, however, if you use Valets virtual SSL certificates, the command line will ask for admin account password for every ssl certificate you have linked which is potentially annoying if you have loads of them. It's not a bug if it keeps asking, eventually you will allow all if you keep typing password/use touch id.
Since the OP has specifically asked for switching from "PHP 5.3 up to PHP 7.0", a lot has been deprecated and/or removed in brew due to official support ending for them - as of Dec 2022.
So if we are to switch versions and install any of these unsupported versions brew install php#7.3, it will fail (Question and its answer here). You'll need to use the tap shivammathur/php (praise the devs responsible for this) which can be used to install unsupported versions of PHP.
brew tap shivammathur/php //need to do only once
brew install shivammathur/php/php#7.0 //or brew install php#7.4 depending on your choice
brew search php //optional, shows all the versions available if you want some other version
brew link php#7.0
Switching henceforth is simple:
brew unlink php#7.0
brew link php#5.6 //OP asked 5.3 but 5.6 is the lowest version supported by the tap
All versions <= php#7.4 have been deprecated and removed from brew because they reached their end of life. As of Dec 2022, the only officially supported versions are 8.0 and 8.1 which brew supports.
This too eventually will get outdated as more versions reach EOL but the steps should remain the same as long as that tap remains in development.
The link provided by Xaver's answer served as a good further reading.
Don't forget to change you environment PATH with this command :
echo 'export PATH="/usr/local/opt/php#8.1/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.bash_profile
source ~/.bash_profile
My purpose was install old patch of php#7.4.24 to MacOS and I done that this way:
I found revision of brew, which contains old php patch, which i need, and reset git to them
repository: https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/commit/3b342c146da0452d71d982324977567960da2979
git -C $(brew --repo)/Library/Taps/homebrew/homebrew-core reset --hard 3b09794
brew reinstall php#7.4
First install or reinstall the version you want
brew reinstall php#7.4
Secondly you need to switch to the version you want
echo 'export PATH="/usr/local/opt/php#7.4/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.zshrc
echo 'export PATH="/usr/local/opt/php#7.4/sbin:$PATH"' >> ~/.zshrc
Then you need to add in your PATH by running below command
brew-php-switcher 7.4
If you don't need to play with apache then there is a very easy way with one function, just add it to your ~/.bash_profile or ~/.zshrc (depends on your terminal)
function php-toggle() {
currentVersion=$(php -v | tail -r | tail -n 1 | cut -d " " -f 2 | cut -c 1-3)
switchTo='7.4'
[[ $currentVersion == '7.4' ]] && switchTo='8.1'
brew unlink php#"$currentVersion"
brew services stop php#"$currentVersion"
brew link php#"$switchTo"
brew services start php#"$switchTo"
exportString="export PATH=\"/opt/homebrew/opt/php#${switchTo}/bin:\$PATH\""
echo $exportString > ~/.php_version
source ~/.php_version
}
source ~/.php_version
Open new terminal and run php-toggle.
I was given a macbook 2019 for work which has catalina 10.15.6 ... the default PHP is 7.3 .. can someone show me the step by step on how to avoid this default PHP version?. I found some tutorials online using homebrew in order to use multiple versions of PHP. but then am a bit skeptical to install the homebrew php yet, coz I scare it will conflict with the default PHP with the OSX . any idea ?
Homebrew manages the installation for you and updates the necessary paths.
With homebrew installed you can just run the following command to install php7.4
brew update
brew install php#7.4
Check your PHP version now
php -v
If it still prints out the old version, update your path:
echo 'export PATH="/usr/local/opt/php#7.4/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.bash_profile
echo 'export PATH="/usr/local/opt/php#7.4/sbin:$PATH"' >> ~/.bash_profile
source ~/.bash_profile
Alternative one-line install
curl -s https://php-osx.liip.ch/install.sh | bash -s 7.4
To do that, Within the terminal, Fire this command:
which php
This should output the path to the default PHP install which comes preinstalled by Mac OS X, by default it has to be
Now, We just need to swap this over to the PHP that is installed with MAMP, which is located at /Applications/Xampp/bin/php/php7.3/bin for example
Within the Terminal, run vim ~/.bash_profile
Type i and then paste the following at the top of the file:
export PATH=/Applications/Xampp/bin/php/php7.3/bin:$PATH
Hit ESC, Type :wq, and hit Enter
In Terminal, run source ~/.bash_profile
In Terminal, type in which php again and look for the updated string. If everything was successful, It should output the new path to MAMP PHP install.
In case it doesn't output the correct path, try closing the terminal window (exit fully) and open again, it should apply the changes (Restart in short).
source : https://gist.github.com/irazasyed/5987693
OK so I am experiencing something quite odd. My phpinfo() shows one version while php -v shows another.
I am running locally on a MacBook Air (Mojave), with Laravel and Valet.
phpinfo():
PHP Version 7.2.13
Configuration File (php.ini) Path /usr/local/etc/php/7.2
Loaded Configuration File /usr/local/etc/php/7.2/php.ini
Scan this dir for additional .ini files /usr/local/etc/php/7.2/conf.d
While in my terminal, it shows:
php -v
PHP 7.3.0 (cli) (built: Dec 7 2018 11:00:11) ( NTS )
Now, if I do a which php I get this:
/usr/local/bin/php
In my ~/.bash-profile, I have this:
export "PATH=~/.composer/vendor/bin:$PATH"
I have tried to:
Restart Nginx
Restart Valet
Unlink PHP#7.2 and link PHP#7.3with Homebrew:
Olivers-MacBook-Air:~ oliverbusk$ brew unlink php#7.2
Error: No such keg: /usr/local/Cellar/php#7.2
How can I get my actual valet site to use php#7.3?
Below simple fix worked for me.
rm ~/.config/valet/valet.sock
valet restart
In my case it worked after forcing the specific PHP version:
valet use php#7.4 --force
Good news, please upgrade to latest valet version, you can easily switch php version.
Source: https://laravel.com/docs/5.8/valet
PHP Versions
Valet allows you to switch PHP versions using the valet use php#version command. Valet will install the specified PHP version via Brew if it is not already installed:
valet use php#7.2
valet use php //without any specification, it will be using latest version
Something so basic as rebooting my Macbook solved this issue. Once rebooted, the correct version 7.3 showed in my phpinfo();
From MacBook pro (Mojave), with Laravel and Valet:
valet use php#7.2
To be able to effectively change the version of php on my machine I use the following script:
Add to your user's .bash_profile
Then use the following command to switch
switch-php7.x
switch-php() {
valet stop
brew unlink php#7.2 php#7.3 php#7.4
brew link --force --overwrite php#$1
brew services restart php#$1
composer global update
rm -f ~/.config/valet/valet.sock
valet install
}
https://gist.github.com/r1tt3r/e0f199eb274d5ff186b73956af594316
I am running linux valet on Ubuntu 20.04 , The following command works for me
valet use 8.0
Here, 8.0 refers to the php version.
NB: Tested this solution on Ubuntu 20.04 Desktop
If you are using Valet Linux Plus(Has more features than Valet Linux) Just do valet use {your PHP version} --update-cli. For instance to use php8.0 just run:
valet use 8.0 --update-cli
This will update both php-fpm version plus php-cli version too.
Basically the php valet uses and the one used by your macbook is different.
But as already mentioned by #Shiro and #Israel Alexis Palma Quezada, in newer versions valet use php73 would solve your problem.
If it's not working, try running composer global update to update your global packages, thus updating valet
To update the mac php version, execute the following lines:
export PATH="your/path/to/php#7.3/bin:$PATH"
export PATH="your/path/to/php#7.3/sbin:$PATH"
or simply add these two lines to your ~/.profile or ~/.bash_profile
Don't forget to run source ~/.profile or source ~/.bash_profile or whatever file you chose to edit.
Yesterday I encountered the same problem on Ubuntu 18.
At first I changed the PHP version:
$ sudo a2dismod php7.2
$ sudo a2enmod php7.3
$ sudo update-alternatives --set php /usr/bin/7.3
But valet was still showing the wrong PHP version. Rebooting did not work. In fact, phpinfo() was displaying PHP 7.1.
After run ps -aux | grep php I noticed few instances of php-fpm (5.6, 7.1 and 7.2) running.
I stopped them
$ sudo service php5.6-fpm stop
$ sudo service php7.1-fpm stop
$ sudo service php7.2-fpm stop
Then started 7.3
$ sudo service php7.3-fpm start
And now my phpinfo() display the correct version of PHP
I ran into this same problem while using valet plus today. When I switched PHP versions it was showing the previous one in my browser but the correct one in my terminal. Looking at the my brew services list:
brew services list
It showed that one of the valet-php services (valet-php#7.2) was not in the service list but somehow my valet was able to switch to it. Valet didn't install this PHP properly and that's what was causing the issue. I did the following to uninstall that PHP and reinstall it with brew.
brew uninstall valet-php#7.2
sudo rm -rf /usr/local/Cellar/valet-php#7.2/7.2.34_1
brew install valet-php#7.2
The PHP version that was once not showing in the brew services list now showed and I was able to "stop" that php version's service:
brew services stop valet-php#7.2
which made everything work properly again without a restart.
I would like to test my application on PHP 5.3 up to PHP 7.0.
Where and how can I install the versions and how can I switch them by running a small script?
If you have both versions of PHP installed, you can switch between versions using the link and unlink brew commands.
For example, to switch between PHP 7.4 and PHP 7.3
brew unlink php#7.4
brew link php#7.3
PS: both versions of PHP have be installed for these commands to work.
I found this very good tutorial on how to install and switch php versions on OSX.
I can switch the version like
$ sphp 7.0 => PHP 7.0
$ sphp 7.3 => PHP 7.3
$ sphp 7.4 => PHP 7.4
Exactly what I want!
Example: Let us switch from php 7.4 to 7.3
brew unlink php#7.4
brew install php#7.3
brew link php#7.3
If you get Warning: php#7.3 is keg-only and must be linked with --force
Then try with:
brew link php#7.3 --force
Using brew
Show current version
$ php -v
Change to different version
(eg. changing from 5.5.x to version 7.0.latest) :
$ brew unlink php55
$ brew install php70
I liked the switcher idea because I'm working of different version at the moment so what you need is
brew install brew-php-switcher
then brew-php-switcher version
for example brew-php-switcher 7.4
i think unlink & link php versions are not enough because we are often using php with apache(httpd), so need to update httpd.conf after switch php version.
i have write shell script for disable/enable php_module automatically inside httpd.conf, look at line 46 to line 54 https://github.com/dangquangthai/switch-php-version-on-mac-sierra/blob/master/switch-php#L46
Follow my steps:
1) Check installed php versions by brew, for sure everything good
> brew list | grep php
#output
php56
php56-intl
php56-mcrypt
php71
php71-intl
php71-mcrypt
2) Run script
> switch-php 71 # or switch-php 56
#output
PHP version [71] found
Switching from [php56] to [php71] ...
Unlink php56 ... [OK] and Link php71 ... [OK]
Updating Apache2.4 Configuration /usr/local/etc/httpd/httpd.conf ... [OK]
Restarting Apache2.4 ... [OK]
PHP 7.1.11 (cli) (built: Nov 3 2017 08:48:02) ( NTS )
Copyright (c) 1997-2017 The PHP Group
Zend Engine v3.1.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2017 Zend Technologies
3) Finally, when your got above message, check httpd.conf, in my laptop:
vi /usr/local/etc/httpd/httpd.conf
You can see near by LoadModule lines
LoadModule php7_module /usr/local/Cellar/php71/7.1.11_22/libexec/apache2/libphp7.so
#LoadModule php5_module /usr/local/Cellar/php56/5.6.32_8/libexec/apache2/libphp5.so
4) open httpd://localhost/info.php
i hope it helpful
If you install PHP with homebrew, you can switch between versions very easily. Say you want php56 to point to Version 5.6.17, you just do:
brew switch php56 5.6.17
If you have installed php with latest version on your local system and using homebrew then to switch to older version, run following commands.
Here, we are switching to 7.4
brew unlink php
brew install php#7.4
brew link php#7.4
How to:
Find installed PHP versions
Switch from default PHP package to a versioned package
% brew search php
brew-php-switcher php-cs-fixer php#7.3 phplint phpstan pup
php ✔ php-cs-fixer#2 php#7.4 ✔ phpmd phpunit
php-code-sniffer php#7.2 phpbrew phpmyadmin pcp
% brew unlink php
% brew link php#7.4
brew link --overwrite php#7.3
Works perfectly for me :-)
delete all row with "php" in:
nano ~/.zshrc
after that it will work:
brew unlink php#7.4 && brew link php#8.0
if you are using homebrew, then it allows multiple versions of a formula to be installed.
hence,
brew unlink is used to detach a version of formula from usage.
brew link is used to attach a version of formula to usage.
for example, if you have php 7.4 and 8.0 both installed and want to switch between them assuming you are currently using 7.4, then it can be done as :
brew unlink php#7.4
brew link php#8.0
I prefer to use phpbrew where you can easily install ($ phpbrew install 8.1.3 +default) and switch (phpbrew switch 8.1.3) the used php version.
https://github.com/phpbrew/phpbrew
Old question but it's still a difficulty to have a quick way to switch between php versions in 2022. I use Laravel valet and switching PHP versions requires a re install of valet to work. I basically have two custom functions defined in my .zhsrc file, but I think this will work for bash too:
switchphp7() {
valet stop
brew unlink php#8.1
brew services stop php#8.1
brew link --force --overwrite php#7.4
brew services start php#7.4
composer global update
rm -f ~/.config/valet/valet.sock
valet install
valet start
}
switchphp8() {
valet stop
brew unlink php#7.4
brew services stop php#7.4
brew link --force --overwrite php#8.1
brew services start php#8.1
composer global update
rm -f ~/.config/valet/valet.sock
valet install
valet start
}
And then just run them in the command line:
switchphp8
This works reliably for me, however, if you use Valets virtual SSL certificates, the command line will ask for admin account password for every ssl certificate you have linked which is potentially annoying if you have loads of them. It's not a bug if it keeps asking, eventually you will allow all if you keep typing password/use touch id.
Since the OP has specifically asked for switching from "PHP 5.3 up to PHP 7.0", a lot has been deprecated and/or removed in brew due to official support ending for them - as of Dec 2022.
So if we are to switch versions and install any of these unsupported versions brew install php#7.3, it will fail (Question and its answer here). You'll need to use the tap shivammathur/php (praise the devs responsible for this) which can be used to install unsupported versions of PHP.
brew tap shivammathur/php //need to do only once
brew install shivammathur/php/php#7.0 //or brew install php#7.4 depending on your choice
brew search php //optional, shows all the versions available if you want some other version
brew link php#7.0
Switching henceforth is simple:
brew unlink php#7.0
brew link php#5.6 //OP asked 5.3 but 5.6 is the lowest version supported by the tap
All versions <= php#7.4 have been deprecated and removed from brew because they reached their end of life. As of Dec 2022, the only officially supported versions are 8.0 and 8.1 which brew supports.
This too eventually will get outdated as more versions reach EOL but the steps should remain the same as long as that tap remains in development.
The link provided by Xaver's answer served as a good further reading.
Don't forget to change you environment PATH with this command :
echo 'export PATH="/usr/local/opt/php#8.1/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.bash_profile
source ~/.bash_profile
My purpose was install old patch of php#7.4.24 to MacOS and I done that this way:
I found revision of brew, which contains old php patch, which i need, and reset git to them
repository: https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/commit/3b342c146da0452d71d982324977567960da2979
git -C $(brew --repo)/Library/Taps/homebrew/homebrew-core reset --hard 3b09794
brew reinstall php#7.4
First install or reinstall the version you want
brew reinstall php#7.4
Secondly you need to switch to the version you want
echo 'export PATH="/usr/local/opt/php#7.4/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.zshrc
echo 'export PATH="/usr/local/opt/php#7.4/sbin:$PATH"' >> ~/.zshrc
Then you need to add in your PATH by running below command
brew-php-switcher 7.4
If you don't need to play with apache then there is a very easy way with one function, just add it to your ~/.bash_profile or ~/.zshrc (depends on your terminal)
function php-toggle() {
currentVersion=$(php -v | tail -r | tail -n 1 | cut -d " " -f 2 | cut -c 1-3)
switchTo='7.4'
[[ $currentVersion == '7.4' ]] && switchTo='8.1'
brew unlink php#"$currentVersion"
brew services stop php#"$currentVersion"
brew link php#"$switchTo"
brew services start php#"$switchTo"
exportString="export PATH=\"/opt/homebrew/opt/php#${switchTo}/bin:\$PATH\""
echo $exportString > ~/.php_version
source ~/.php_version
}
source ~/.php_version
Open new terminal and run php-toggle.
My operating system is:Mac OSX 10.11
I'm trying to install Phabricator on my Mac, when I execute the command of
phabricator cpopt$ ./bin/phd start
I got an error:
"ERROR: The PHP extension 'pcntl' is not installed. You must install it to run daemons on this machine."
I've search this problem on google and I got lots of solutions,but they all don't work to me,I'm almost in despair.
How can I achieve that?
Do you have brew installed (read here to install http://brew.sh/)?
Try:
brew install php
or if you need to install PHP 5.6 with brew you could do this:
brew install php#5.6
Then to include it in your PATH (if it is not automatically added), it may be necessary to run the commands in the CLI you may need to update your path, e.g. (this is the case if you were to brew install php#7.1 but was not the case when I just tested with brew install php - if you are using bash instead of zsh, change .zshrc to .bashrc.
echo 'export PATH="/usr/local/opt/php#7.1/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.zshrc
echo 'export PATH="/usr/local/opt/php#7.1/sbin:$PATH"' >> ~/.zshrc
If that doesn't work, I wonder if phabricator is calling the right version of php.
Out of curiosity, what is the output you get from this? That is what phabricator is using to determine your php version.
/usr/bin/env php -v
Also... is your php.ini updated to have the pcntl extension? Run this to see your modules and look for pcntl:
php -i | grep pcntl
Double-check the php.ini that the php-cli is running:
php -i | grep php.ini
I had to do this to install the platform.sh command line tool. This was the top hit in Google so I'm adding this information. The process I followed was as below.
In Terminal:
Add yourself to the 'wheel' user group.
sudo dscl . append /Groups/wheel GroupMembership <username>
Grant group write access to /usr/local/bin
sudo chmod -R g+w /usr/local/bin
Link libpng for brew
brew link libpng
Install pcntl for php (5.6 in my case)
brew install homebrew/php/php56-pcntl
Just in case anyone else uses MAMP, I recently updated it to the latest version. Then I was getting the error
"ERROR: The PHP extension 'pcntl' is not installed. You must install it to run daemons on this machine."
I had not restarted my terminal since I updated it. After reloading the session everything worked fine.