Uninstall & install new PHP version

I had enough of shenanigans of installing PHP and failing to use it. Here’s a way I finally got it to work.

January 04, 2022 • Code

brew unlink php@7.4
brew install php
brew link php

You can be specific about which version of php you wish to delete / install.

If brew link php@whatever-version-installed does not work, may need to try:

vi .zshrc

This opens vim editor. We need to add following code to the editor:

export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/opt/php@8.0/bin

or

export PATH="/usr/local/opt/php@8.1/bin:$PATH"

We need to source the file to apply new changes permanently.

source .zshrc

Now try:

php -v
which php

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