I am using OSX running on El Capitan and setting up PhpStorm and the Laravel environment has been a nightmare. I created a project setting up Composer and created it with laravel/laravel from the options menu.
As you can see in the screen shot, the PHP version says 5.6.31.. but if I type php -v in the command line. It gives me php 5.5 (as shown in the bottom left)
If I type php -v in the terminal I also get php 5.6.
which php returns me /usr/local/bin/php
I originally had a problem where PHP would not upgrade to 5.6.. but I managed to solve this with homebrew.
And if I use terminal and cd into the folder to run artisan key:generate and config:clear .. I am able to get the Laravel homepage to load (but typing this from the PhpStorm command line does not work).
My understanding is that the command line is pointing to the directory of PHP that came with my Mac? So how do I point it to the upgraded version? Or is the problem something else?
I think this is a strange problem and already a few people I have asked have not been able to solve it (also setting this up is all very new to me).
what I did is to set an alias on my ~/.bashrc to point php command to point to /Applications/XAMPP/bin/php
e.g. alias php="/Applications/XAMPP/bin/php"
in your case, you can use your XAMPP's full path to your php binary file as you might have different installation paths.
You should be able to add:
export PATH=/Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/bin/php5.6.31:$PATH
to your ~/.bash_profile (assuming you're running a bash shell). Then just run source ~/.bash_profile and it should all work.
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I want to use another php version on my machine than the one already installed using WAMP (2 PHP version installed).
The composer installed uses PHP 5.6
A new project requires PHP7.0.
Whenever I choose PHP 7 from the control panel of WAMP and then run php -v it still printing PHP5.6 (CLI)... instead of PHP7.
How can I use PHP7 without reinstalling the composer again?
You can change php version of composer without uninstalling it, follow these steps :
Search for system environment variables in cortana.
Click on the button "Environment variables".
Under "System variables" select path and click on edit, you will see one entry like this "C:\wamp\bin\php\php5.6.13".
Just change this to the folder name of the php located at your wamp/bin/php7.1.9, here php7.1.9 is folder name.
Replace php5.6.13 with bin7.1.9, it will look like these "C:\wamp\bin\php\php7.1.9", just click ok on all the boxes.
You are done.
To verify, first close all the cmd windows, than open cmd and type php -v, press enter and you should see php7.1.9.
If you don't see change in php version than just restart your pc and run php -v again in cmd , it will work.
I'm assuming Windows if you're using WAMP. Composer likely is just using the PHP set in your path: How to access PHP with the Command Line on Windows?
You should be able to change the path to PHP using the same instructions.
Otherwise, composer is just a PHAR file, you can download the PHAR and execute it using any PHP:
C:\full\path\to\php.exe C:\full\path\to\composer.phar install
If anyone is still having trouble, remember you can run composer with any php version that you have installed e.g. $ php7.3 -f /usr/local/bin/composer update
Use which composer command to help locate the composer executable.
I found a very easy way to switch php versions:
Search for system environment variable
Click on "Environment variables"
Under "System variables" select path and click on edit
Move the PHP version folder you want to use before the other one.
So for example: php 7.0 will now be used:
Close all windows by clicking "OK"
Close all the cmd windows, than open cmd and type php -v
You will see the correct php version loaded now:
Another possibility to make composer think you're using the correct version of PHP is to add to the config section of a composer.json file a platform option, like this:
"config": {
"platform": {
"php": "<ver>"
}
},
Where <ver> is the PHP version of your choice.
Snippet from the docs:
Lets you fake platform packages (PHP and extensions) so that you can emulate a production env or define your target platform in the config. Example: {"php": "7.0.3", "ext-something": "4.0.3"}.
This is what happens in my case. I hope this may help to someone have same situation. I'm using macOS Monterey with MAMP.
I linked the php 7.4 using ~/.profile file. So the terminal it says I'm using php 7.4. However, still my composer giving an error saying i'm using php 7.3.
So I check the php path using
which php
This gives me the /usr/local/bin/php as my php cli location. So I remove the file and made a symlink to my php7.4 and now working perfectly.
sudo rm -rf /usr/local/bin/php
sudo ln -s /Applications/MAMP/bin/php/php7.4.21/bin/php /usr/local/bin/php
I found out that composer runs with the php-version /usr/bin/env finds first in $PATH, which is 7.1.33 in my case on MacOs.
So shifting mamp's php to the beginning helped me here.
PHPVER=$(/usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c "print phpVersion" ~/Library/Preferences/de.appsolute.mamppro.plist)
export PATH=/Applications/MAMP/bin/php/php${PHPVER}/bin:$PATH
Old question I know, but just to add some additional information:
WAMP is used only on Microsoft Windows Operating Systems.
Changing the version of PHP used through the left-click -> PHP -> Version menu changes the version used by Apache to server your site.
Changing the version of PHP used through the right-click -> Tools -> Change PHP CLI Version menu changes the version used by WAMP's PHP CLI.
Note: It is important to understand that the "PHP CLI Version" is used by WAMP's own internal PHP scripts. This "PHP CLI Version" has nothing to do with the version you wish to use for your scripts, Composer or anything else.
For your scripts to work with the version you require, you need to add it's path to the Users Environmental Path. You could add it to the Systems environmental Path but the Users Path is the recommended option.
From WAMP v3.1.2, it would display an error when it detect reference to a PHP path in the System or User Environmental Path. This was to stop confusion such as you were experiencing. Since v3.1.7 the display of this error can now be optionally displayed through a selection in the WampSettings menu.
As indicated in previous answers, adding an installed PHP path (such as "C:\wamp64\bin\php\php7.2.30") to the Users Environmental Path is the correct approach. PS: As the value of the Users Environmental Path is a string, all paths added must be separated with a semi-colon (;)
After experiencing the exact same problem (IE: Choosing which version of PHP I wanted Composer to use), I created a script which could easily and rapidly switch between PHP CLI Versions depending on what project I was working on.
The Windows batch script "WampServer-PHP-CLI-Version-Changer" can be found at https://github.com/custom-dev-tools/WampServer-PHP-CLI-Version-Changer
I hope this helps others.
Good luck.
After a long search on the internet and finding many unrelated answers / ones that did not work for me, Here is what worked for me.
Those who are in shared hosting know that bin directory is write-protected and running sudo commands or any system-wide command is not allowed.
There's two ways of solving this:
Run the command directly on your project folder selecting the appropriate PHP version you need.
ea-php80 /opt/cpanel/composer/bin/composer update
To get available PHP on your server type ea-php and hit TAB to see a list.
make an alias to composer
Run this command to edit/make this file nano ~/.bashrc
Inside that file, put alias composer="ea-php80 /opt/cpanel/composer/bin/composer"
This gives you the flexibility to run composer commands as usual without those long trailing strings
If you are using Windows, all you have to do is change the path to php.exe in the composer.bat file located in: "C:\ProgramData\ComposerSetup\bin".
In my case I include paths to all php versions, whenever I need to run a project on a specific php version, I just move the required path to the top (using these buttons in the right) and then close all the terminals and restart my wampp server.
The path with listing in the will be selected as your php version by windows
This is the simplest solution I think.
If you still facing the problem after changing Environment variables in windows, try to delete directory or just rename directory of your old php.
I've done it and it's work.
I will assume that you need this because a requirement to have multiple php versions installed to handle multiple projects.
If this is the case a prefer to run directly the php desired bin pointing to the executable script of composer, for example, in my case I have php 8.1 and 7.4, my main php version configured for CLI is 8.1, but I want to run composer with 7.4 in some projects, so I run this command:
php7.4 -f /usr/local/bin/composer install
Where php7.4 is the bin installed and my global composer script is in /usr/local/bin/composer
From there, you can make an alias like this to facilitate things: alias composer7.4='php7.4 -f /usr/local/bin/composer ' so next time you need to run composer with php#7.4 you only need to run: composer7.4 install
Came here by the title, but the question specifies WAMP; which this may not easily apply to. So, in my case - using a Mac.. so more like a MAMP - if you have brew and the below versions installed, this could help - and composer picks it up.
brew link --overwrite --force php#8.1
php -v
#PHP 8.1...
brew link --overwrite --force php#7.4
php -v
#PHP 7.4...
I'm using linux and installed xampp that already provided php in its package. Then, I add "export PATH=/opt/lampp/bin:$PATH" to my "~/.bashrc" so that I can use every commands that is provided in xampp directly from my terminal (without needed to pointing to "/opt/lampp/bin"). Everything works fine.
My problem is I'm using netbeans and when I tried to execute my program, it said "/usr/bin/env: php: No such file" I know it happened because there's no php in my "/usr/bin" since I have it via xampp, but I do have it in my "/opt/lampp/bin". How to configure PHP in netbeans so that it's pointing to "/opt/lampp/bin", instead of "/usr/bin"?
I've googled it and they said that I need to install php-cli, which I think is not a good choice since it makes me have two php in my system. IS there any way for me to use netbeans and php from xampp without needed to install php-cli?
I've also tried to Tools->Options->PHP-General and provide PHP interpreter poiting to "/opt/lampp/bin/php" but it didn't work.
Have you e.g. restarted OS after editing .bashrc file? Or run in command line
. ~/.bashrc
to apply changes in bashrc and then start NetBeans and give it another try. Another option could be to use symbolic link
sudo ln -s /opt/lampp/bin/php /usr/bin/php
If you run "which php" does it point to the lampp directory?
hi i start working Laravel 4, i have finished the installation process with composer, but when try to use artisan it always give a message
Laravel requires the Mcrypt PHP extension
i have checked with php_info() it shows me Mcrypt PHP extension is enabled, after searching on web i have found some solutions, if i apply those then composer stops working viceversa . i am using XAMPP for development if i use which php command in terminal it show me path /usr/bin/php but my development php is in /Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/bin, i have extend the $PATH using .bash_profile
export XAMPP_PHP=/Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/bin
export PATH="$XAMPP_PHP:$PATH"
after this artisan start work great but composer stops its working if i type composer command in terminal it show ???? output, now i want composer, php and artisan work perfect just looking for good settings
I solved this problem with a workaround. Instead of changing the $PATH variable, on /usr/bin/ I created a symbolic link to XAMPP's PHP:
cd /usr/bin/
ln -s /Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/bin/php phpx
'phpx' is the name I gave to run php on XAMPP (pick the name you prefer - obviously it needs to be different than 'php'). This way I can run artisan using 'phpx' (XAMPP version) which has mcrypt. For example:
phpx artisan key:generate
And if you need to run composer, you run php (mac version):
php composer.phar install
It's a workaround, I'm not proud of it, but it's working.
The best solution would be to install mcrypt on your mac (use this tutorial), mysql and use mac's php. But as a lot of developers (including me) still rely on XAMPP, this workaround may be enough for testing.
If it outputs ???? it most likely means you have detect_unicode = On in your php.ini. This must be off because it breaks phar files.
I am currently running Wampserver with multiple PHP versions (5.3.8, 5.4.3). Wampserver easily allows you to switch back and forth between the php version you want apache to use. However, I'm having trouble dealing with multiple versions from the CLI. I have projects that require the command line, but some are compatible with php5.4, while some are not.
Is there a way to create some type of "alias" in Windows that allows me to specify which version of PHP to use on the command line .. I.E: "php54 cache:clear", "php53 cache:clear" ??
Thanks!
I am doing something like below.
ex. I have two php version , PHP 5.6 and PHP 7.3
I have wamp environment so I have done as below
so I have copied D:\wamp\bin\php\php7.3.6\php.exe to D:\wamp\bin\php\php7.3.6\php7.exe
and I have copied D:\wamp\bin\php\php5.6\php.exe to D:\wamp\bin\php\php5.6\php56.exe
Then I have added both to environment variable path like below.
now you need reopen the cmd and you can use command something like below
php56 -v
php7 -v
You can also run command refreshenv to reload environment variables in opened cmd.
If you want change default php version, you can move paths as below.
ex if you want php 7.0.23 as default instead of php 7.3.6
see screenshot for example
In above screenshot I have move php 7.0.23 above the all other php verions (php 7.3.6 and php 5.6.31).
I hope this will help.
Its quite simple really.
Create yourself a batch file to add php to the path, place that file in one of the folders that is currently on your PATH so you can run it from anywhere.
Then whenever you are in any folder that has CLI scripts in it run the batch file
Example batch file:
Lets call it PHPPATH.CMD
path=%path%;c:\wamp\bin\php\php5.4.11
php -v
Now if you want to use another version of the PHP CLI just change the batch file or if you are feeling clever make the batch file accept a paramter so you can specify the version of php you want on the path.
If you are able to do so, just create aliases:
alias 'php56'='/Path/To/php5.6/bin/php';
alias 'php55'='/Path/To/php5.5/bin/php';
If not, create links in a seperate directory that point to the binaries.
php56 is a link to /Path/To/php5.6/bin/php
php55 is a link to /Path/To/php5.5/bin/php
put these into /Seperate/Path/ and add '/Seperate/Path/' to %PATH%
Hope this helps
I've searched how to do it really easily without changing the environment variable path with the command line (because it's character limited) and find this solution (only on windows 10) :
in your environment variable path , change [D:\wamp64\bin\php\"your php version"] in [D:\wamp64\bin\php\php]
then create a junction between your php version directory and D:\wamp64\bin\php\php by running this command in cmd as administrator :
mklink /J D:\wamp64\bin\php\php D:\wamp64\bin\php\php"your php version"
then you can use this batch file
echo off
::read the actual php version
::(read the second word of php -v output )
for /f "tokens=2" %%i in ('php -v') do (
::if actual version is 7.4.0 I want 7.4.1
if "%%i"=="7.4.0" set phpV="7.4.1"
::if actual version is 7.4.1 I want 7.4.0
if "%%i"=="7.4.1" set phpV="7.4.0"
)
::delete the old junction
rmdir "D:\wamp64\bin\php\php"
::create a new one to the version I want
::!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! paths must not contains spaces
mklink /J D:\wamp64\bin\php\php D:\wamp64\bin\php\php%phpV%
now you can run your batch file in your cmd and don't even have to restart it after.
I would like to use MAMP's version of PHP instead of the default installed on my mac. I tried using
ln -s /Applications/MAMP/bin/php5.3/bin/php php
but I get a "File exists" error. What's the best way to work around this so I can just type php instead of the full path?
I have created a symlink at the original php location.
1. Locate your osx php version with:
which php
The result should be:
/opt/local/bin/php
2. Backup (move) your original php binary:
sudo mv /opt/local/bin/php /opt/local/bin/php.bak
3. Create the symlink:
sudo ln -s /Applications/MAMP/bin/php/php5.4.4/bin/php /opt/local/bin/php
4. Run your new php version:
php -v
PS:
In order for this to work on El-Capitan
Reboot your Mac to RecoveryMode (hold Cmd+R on boot)
Open Terminal and enter: csrutil disable
Reboot
either : sudo ln -s /Applications/MAMP/bin/php/php5.4.4/bin/php /opt/local/bin/php
or sudo ln -s /Applications/MAMP/bin/php/php5.4.4/bin/php /usr/bin/php
Reboot again to RecoveryMode and re-enable security: csrutil enable
I would not recommend trying to modify the default version of PHP that is called on the command line. Doing so may break other parts of your system as well as provide you with problems in the future, should you decide to upgrade your OS.
There is an alternative that may meet your needs. You can create an alias to your copy of MAMP's php 5.3. In my case I named the alias phpmamp. Open your terminal and type:
alias phpmamp='/Applications/MAMP/bin/php5.3/bin/php'
Now, typing phpmamp at the command line will launch the MAMP php interperter. Verify this by typing:
phpmamp --help
You will most likely want to store this, and any other alias, in a ~/.bash_profile This will allow the aliases to persist across reboots. Otherwise, the alias should only last for the particular terminal session you are in. More information about creating a .bash_profile file can be found here:
http://www.redfinsolutions.com/redfin-blog/creating-bashprofile-your-mac
I prefer not to tamper with the current files, so I just prepend the MAMP PHP bin folder to the $PATH env variable.
You can edit ~/.bash_profile and add the the following line to the top
export PATH="/Applications/MAMP/bin/php/php5.6.1/bin:$PATH"
Just change the PHP version to the current version you are using.
Don't forget to do source ~/.bash_profile after you edit the file.
I wasn't pleased with the results / solutions I've found on the net so far, because the php.ini configs weren't loaded properly in all cases and on all systems, espacially when you need modules like ioncube and others (it's even more confusing on MAMP Pro). That's why I've created my own php version aliases (with configs), so I've come up with the following solution, as example (based on MAMP Pro, remember to adjust the php.ini paths to your needs):
Edit your .bash_profile
vim ~/.bash_profile
And add the following entries:
alias php55="/Applications/MAMP/bin/php/php5.5.26/bin/php -c '/Library/Application Support/appsolute/MAMP PRO/conf/php5.5.26.ini'"
alias php56="/Applications/MAMP/bin/php/php5.6.10/bin/php -c '/Library/Application Support/appsolute/MAMP PRO/conf/php5.6.10.ini'"
alias php56cgi="/Applications/MAMP/bin/php/php5.6.10/bin/php-cgi -c '/Library/Application Support/appsolute/MAMP PRO/conf/php5.6.10.ini'"
Re-Initialize the .bash_profile in the current terminal session (otherwise you won't see any changes, unless you restart the terminal):
source ~/.bash_profile
If you have some additional modules installed, then you can test it with php56 -v and you should get a output of the ioncube, etc. modules. Otherwise test it with php56 -i | grep "yourModuleNameOrSomethingElse"
Now you are able to easily use one of the php versions like "php56" in your terminal with all configs loaded. So it's perfect for testing and building your applications through all iterations of versions including the right php.ini configs through the terminal.
For normal MAMP Users, the configs should be located in /Applications/MAMP/conf/ I think. Happy programming.
2021 - For those using ohmyzsh, the file to edit is:
/Users/your_user/.zshrc
so, you can edit this file and add the path:
export PATH=/Applications/MAMP/bin/php/php8.0.0/bin:$PATH
Works Perfectly with Big Sur
The latest version of MAMP (Version 5+) offers an easy way to make the MAMP PHP version available to the command line. Just select "PHP" in the the side bar menu and check "Make this version available on the command line". Easy peasy! :)
screenshot
If your terminal is using zsh (oh-my-zosh) as shown in the attachment.
check image
Do the following.
Mac Big Sur uses "zsh" Oh-my-zosh for the terminal. so, I did the following.
open terminal.
check if you have .zshrc file in your profile path (/Users/yourProfileName)
if you don't have .zshrc file, create one using (~ touch .zshrc) command.
add these lines:
export MAMP_PHP=/Applications/MAMP/bin/php/php7.4.12/bin
export PATH="$MAMP_PHP:$PATH"
save the file. close the terminal and reopen it. Now run "which php".
let me know if you need help.
For Mac OS Catalina. Find directory /Users/<user_name>/.zprofile
and add (for example)
# MAMP PRO PHP
export PATH="/Applications/MAMP/bin/php/php7.4.2/bin:$PATH"
after reboot, in terminal
which php
new php version /Applications/MAMP/bin/php/php7.4.2/bin/php
Well, the 'file exists' error is probably because you attempted to create a sym-link with the name of a file that was already there. I assume you were in the directory containing the php version you were trying to replace or that this was a second attempt and you did not first remove the existing sym-link. I agree with the others with regard to not "replacing/modifying" the default version of php.
Based on the second part of the question, the best way to get around having to type the full path, the answers suggesting an alias are right on point with that. When multiple versions are involved though, that means having to call something other than php to run the version you want to run.
I have a script that lets me "select" the version of php that I would like to work with which then creates a sym-link to that version and lets me simply enter 'php' as my command when I want to use it. I wrote a blog about it here where you can get the script. Based on the answer given by #ioCron I may need to revisit my script to account for the different config folders associated with each version.
Well none of this was working for me with OSX10.12.5
i have mac ports php70 installed at /opt/local/bin
which php showed:
/usr/bin/php
I set up the aliases and local paths etc, which mostly worked for me, but other programs were failing (like composer) so the solution for me was to prepend:
/opt/local/bin
/opt/local/sbin
to the file /etc/paths
then it all worked a charm!