If you're on OSX with PHP installed via Brew, you may be looking for an easy way to switch between PHP versions (5.6, 7.0, 7.1, 7.2 etc). Well, this package is it.
Installation:
git clone git@github.com:sgotre/sphp-osx.git
Add /usr/local/bin to your $PATH. If you use the Bash shell, you can do this by running this command:
echo 'export PATH="/usr/local/bin:$PATH"' >> $HOME/.bashrc
You may need to restart your shell for this to take effect.
Usage:
./sphp-osx/sphp 56
./sphp-osx/sphp 70
./sphp-osx/sphp 71
./sphp-osx/sphp 72
./sphp-osx/sphp 73
Bash has an executable path cache. It saves the paths of executables it has previously run. If Brew changes the path to the php executable, you may encounter
this error. You have 2 options:
- Add
set +hin your~/.bashrcor~/.profilefile. This will disable the executable path cache in Bash. However, this might slow down your Bash. - After you use
sphp, enter the commandhash -rin your shell. This will clear the executable path cache only once.