How can I easily switch between PHP versions on Mac OSX

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I would like to test my application on PHP 5 3 up to PHP 7 0   Where and how can I install the versions and how can I switch them by running a small script

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Example  Let us switch from php 7 4 to 7 3 brew unlink php 7 4 brew install php 7 3 brew link php 7 3  If you get Warning  php 7 3 is keg-only and must be linked with --force Then try with  brew link php 7 3 --force

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Using brew Show current version   php -v  Change to different version  eg  changing from 5 5 x to version 7 0 latest      brew unlink php55   brew install php70

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I found this very good tutorial on how to install and switch php versions on OSX   I can switch the version like    sphp 7 0   gt  PHP 7 0   sphp 7 3   gt  PHP 7 3   sphp 7 4   gt  PHP 7 4   Exactly what I want

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i think unlink  amp  link php versions are not enough because we are often using php with apache httpd   so need to update httpd conf after switch php version   i have write shell script for disable enable php module automatically inside httpd conf  look at line 46 to line 54 https   github com dangquangthai switch-php-version-on-mac-sierra blob master switch-php L46  Follow my steps   1  Check installed php versions by brew  for sure everything good   gt  brew list   grep php  output php56 php56-intl php56-mcrypt php71 php71-intl php71-mcrypt   2  Run script   gt  switch-php 71   or switch-php 56  output PHP version  71  found Switching from  php56  to  php71       Unlink php56      OK  and Link php71      OK  Updating Apache2 4 Configuration  usr local etc httpd httpd conf      OK  Restarting Apache2 4      OK  PHP 7 1 11  cli   built  Nov  3 2017 08 48 02    NTS   Copyright  c  1997-2017 The PHP Group Zend Engine v3 1 0  Copyright  c  1998-2017 Zend Technologies   3  Finally  when your got above message  check httpd conf  in my laptop   vi  usr local etc httpd httpd conf   You can see near by LoadModule lines  LoadModule php7 module  usr local Cellar php71 7 1 11 22 libexec apache2 libphp7 so  LoadModule php5 module  usr local Cellar php56 5 6 32 8 libexec apache2 libphp5 so   4  open httpd   localhost info php  i hope it helpful

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If you have both versions of PHP installed  you can switch between versions using the link and unlink brew commands   For example  to switch between PHP 7 4 and PHP 7 3  brew unlink php 7 4 brew link php 7 3   PS  both versions of PHP have be installed for these commands to work

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If you install PHP with homebrew  you can switch between versions very easily  Say you want php56 to point to Version 5 6 17  you just do   brew switch php56 5 6 17

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