Updating php version on mac - php

Question

I want to update php version, currently I have 5.5.38 and I want 7.1
What I tried so far is using this command:
curl -s https://php-osx.liip.ch/install.sh | bash -s 7.1
I tried several different versions but none of them worked.
It opens bash_profile for a second and then I get Received SIGHUP or SIGTERM and message below:
Buffer written to /Users/Morpheus/.bash_profile.save.6
Not sure what went wrong and why it won't update...
Any ideas?
Thanks.

Answer 1

Install php
brew install php#7.2
Install the required PHP to your PATH
echo 'export PATH="/usr/local/opt/php#7.2/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.bash_profile
echo 'export PATH="/usr/local/opt/php#7.2/sbin:$PATH"' >> ~/.bash_profile
source ~/.bash_profile
Then make sure it's all working
php -v
php --version
This command will show you where your ini file is loaded
php --ini

Answer 2

Use Homebrew:
I would probably recommend installing homebrew to manage such installations for you. With that installed you can just run the following command to install php7.1
brew update
brew install php#71

Answer 3

The simplest way to update the version of php on Mac is via Homebrew.
If you do not have brew please visit https://brew.sh/
or install via command in terminal:
/usr/bin/ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"
When finished installing Homebrew, run the following commands:
brew update && brew upgrade
brew tap homebrew/dupes
brew tap homebrew/versions
brew tap homebrew/homebrew-php
brew unlink php#56
brew install php#71
You might get an error if PHP 5.6 has not been installed by brew previously, but don't worry, you can simply continue.
You can also change the version to 7.0 by replacing the command from above commands from brew install php#71 to brew install php#70.
You can check the output by command.
php -v
If the output of php -v still doesn’t echoes the version 7, simply type this command and hit enter in terminal.
export PATH=/usr/local/php5/bin:$PATH

Answer 4

The solutions above did not work for me on Big Sur I kept on getting:
WARNING: PHP is not recommended
PHP is included in macOS for compatibility with legacy software.
Future versions of macOS will not include PHP.
PHP 7.3.24-(to be removed in future macOS) (cli) (built: Dec 21 2020 21:33:25) ( NTS )
Copyright (c) 1997-2018 The PHP Group
Zend Engine v3.3.24, Copyright (c) 1998-2018 Zend Technologies
To fix this I used the following steps:
Step 1 | Tap into another repository of formulae
brew tap shivammathur/php
Step 2 | Install the desired PHP version
brew install shivammathur/php/php#7.4
Other options are:
php#5.6
php#7.0
php#7.1
php#7.2
php#7.3
php#7.4
php#8.0
php#8.1 or known as just PHP
Step 3 | Link the PHP Version
brew link --overwrite --force php#7.4
Step 4 | Restart Terminal
Step 5 | Check PHP version
php -v
You should now see the new version.
PHP 7.4.25 (cli) (built: Oct 21 2021 00:29:22) ( NTS )
Copyright (c) The PHP Group
Zend Engine v3.4.0, Copyright (c) Zend Technologies
with Zend OPcache v7.4.25, Copyright (c), by Zend Technologies
This also solved my issues with PHP syntax in Visual Studio Code.

Answer 5

For me none of the mentioned worked. So to upgrade from php#7.3.11 to php#7.4 I had to install
brew update
brew install php#7.4
export PATH=/usr/local/php7.4/bin:$PATH
Then force overwrite as following:
brew link --overwrite --force php#7.4
then
php -v
output: PHP 7.4.24

Answer 6

Try to use below command
brew update
brew install php#72
If it shows below error,
"Error: No available formula with the name "php"
try
brew install php#7.2

Answer 7

try to use the command, its working fine with me
curl -s https://php-osx.liip.ch/install.sh | bash -s 7.3

Answer 8

In case you guys run all install commands above but when checking the PHP version, it is still linking to the old version. So you guys may want to update the PATH.
In my case, I open the .bash_profile which located in HOME directory by command:
nano ~/.bash_profile
Then, I add the path to the new version of PHP:
PATH=/usr/local/Cellar/php/7.4.4/bin:<other_paths>
Finally, run source ~/.bash_profile command to refresh the terminal window and checking the PHP version again.
Hope this helps.

Answer 9

Try to use below command
brew update
brew upgrade php
or
brew reinstall php

Answer 10

You can brew upgrade php7
or brew uninstall old php version.
Last, I recommend you brew install php-version, php-version can help you change your php version

Answer 11

Im running Mac OS 10.13.8 and this worked all the way to PHP version 7.3
curl -s https://php-osx.liip.ch/install.sh | bash -s 7.3.8-20190811-205217

Answer 12

brew install php#x.y
brew link --overwrite --force php#x.y
For Mac remember this is the last step & don't forget to kill & restart the terminal
echo 'export PATH="/opt/homebrew/opt/php#8.0/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.zshrc
echo 'export PATH="/opt/homebrew/opt/php#8.0/sbin:$PATH"' >> ~/.zshrc