Remove old PHP Launch Agents and daemons, if present: rm -f ~/Library/LaunchAgents/* If you have the older PHP formulas from an older Homebrew installation, you may wish to remove these: rm -rf $(brew -cellar)/php Restart Apache Removing Older Homebrew PHP version (optional) LoadModule php_module /usr/local/opt/ /lib/httpd/modules/libphp.so One extra step is needed for PHP 8 and macOS bundled Apache: sudo nano /etc/apache2/nfĪdd the new PHP 8 and comment out the old one. #LoadModule php_module /usr/local/opt/ /lib/httpd/modules/libphp.so #LoadModule php7_module /usr/local/opt/ /lib/httpd/modules/libphp7.so You could download all the versions and just uncomment the one you want if you intend to swap around: #LoadModule php5_module /usr/local/opt/ /lib/httpd/modules/libphp5.so

LoadModule php7_module /usr/local/opt/ /lib/httpd/modules/libphp7.so If you are using macOS in built shipped Apache, you can use the new PHP version by editing the Apache file: sudo nano /etc/apache2/nfįind the PHP module and comment it out and add in the new PHP version path: #LoadModule php7_module libexec/apache2/libphp7.so

then unlink and link in the new PHP version by issuing a command like below but with your correct version: brew unlink php & brew link -overwrite -force Using new PHP in macOS Shipped Apache You should now see the new version, to change to another version just repeat the process from the brew install. Link the PHP Version brew link -overwrite -force Ĭhange your version to match Restart the Terminal So once you have Homebrew installed on your macOS a particular PHP Homebrew formulae will need to be added from this maintainer, what is great about this, is all PHP versions are available whereas only some versions are available on the default Homebrew formulas.Īfter Homebrew install, follow the below: Add the PHP formulae brew tap shivammathur/phpĬhoose the PHP version – example uses 7.4 brew install shivammathur/php/

So moving forward the best solution is to use Homebrew to install and then choose whichever version of PHP you want including 7.4 and version 8. Zend Engine v3.3.24, Copyright (c) 1998-2018 Zend Technologies PHP is included in macOS for compatibility with legacy software.įuture versions of macOS will not include PHP.

You can see this by running a function in a webhosted file or running php -v on the command line. The latest macOS versions of Big Sur and Catalina currently ship with PHP 7.3 and have a deprecation notice that they intend to drop support for PHP altogether in a future upgrade.

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