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Xun Zhou
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Install PHP8, PHP7 on macOS Big Sure

Only PHP7.2 through 7.4 are officially supported by Brew, but these have to be build which is pretty slow. For the latest version of PHP, I am going to use the new tap from @shivammahtur as there are many versions pre-built.

➜ brew tap shivammathur/php

# different versions of PHP
➜ brew install shivammathur/php/php@7.4
➜ brew install shivammathur/php/php@8.0
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After the successful installation, you are able to find the php.ini for each version of PHP in the following directories:

/usr/local/etc/php/7.4/php.ini
/usr/local/etc/php/8.0/php.ini
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or show the php.iniby using the command:

➜ php -i | grep php.ini
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switch PHP version

# switch to 7.4
brew unlink php && brew link --overwrite --force php@7.4

# switch to 8.0
brew unlink php && brew link --overwrite --force php@8.0
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define the aliases

alias php74="brew unlink php && brew link --overwrite --force php@7.4"
alias php80="brew unlink php && brew link --overwrite --force php@8.0"
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then type php74 or php80 to switch php versions.

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eshimischi • Edited

curl -L gist.githubusercontent.com/rhukste... > /usr/local/bin/sphp
chmod +x /usr/local/bin/sphp

sphp 8.0

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Xun Zhou • Edited

hi @eshimischi , thx for sharing and it looks nice

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eshimischi

Welcome!

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Valentino Menegatti

nice,
in my case:
alias php74="brew unlink php@8.0 && brew link --overwrite --force php@7.4"
alias php80="brew unlink php@7.4 && brew link --overwrite --force php@8.0"

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Sam

Hey fellow macOS user! I've recently discovered something that's been a game-changer for my PHP development: servbay.dev . It's got all versions of PHP, MariaDB, and PostgreSQL, and even throws redis and memcached into the mix.

The best part? You can run multiple versions of PHP instances all at once. Switching between them for debugging and testing is a breeze. A couple of clicks and you're fully set up. Trust me, it's made my PHP dev life a whole lot smoother. Might be worth a shot for you to check it out!