Install php 7.4 on macos

I try to update my PHP version to 7.4 on macOS Catalina with brew.

I did brew install

If I check my version php -v, I still see the old version PHP 7.3.11?

What do I have to do?

Update:

After brew doctor I get:

Warning: Homebrew's sbin was not found in your PATH but you have installed formulae that put executables in /usr/local/sbin. Consider setting the PATH for example like so: echo 'export PATH="/usr/local/sbin:$PATH"' >> ~/.profile

asked Nov 4, 2020 at 17:13

meezmeez

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You can find my similar answer for .

• brew install
• brew link --force --overwrite
• brew services start
• export PATH="/usr/local/opt//bin:$PATH"
• export PATH="/usr/local/opt//sbin:$PATH"

answered Nov 7, 2020 at 3:41

chenruichenrui

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try:

brew update
brew upgrade php
php -v
brew services start php

or

brew services restart php

if you use apache server:

sudo apachectl restart

if you use ngnix

sudo nginx -s reload

Edit:

brew unlink 
brew link 

answered Nov 4, 2020 at 17:33

SalinesSalines

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If anyone want to downgrade php from latest 8.1.2 to 7.4 on systems demand, try the below commands with homebrew: Installing PHP 7.4 :

brew install 
brew services restart php
brew unlink 
brew link 

echo 'export PATH="/usr/local/opt//bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.zshrc
echo 'export PATH="/usr/local/opt//sbin:$PATH"' >> ~/.zshrc

Or

export PATH="/usr/local/opt//bin:$PATH"
export PATH="/usr/local/opt//sbin:$PATH" 

Peter Csala

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answered Feb 7 at 11:32

ShimantoShimanto

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Using terminal of MacOS. Don't use terminal in vscode.

answered Sep 9, 2021 at 12:41

Thiên TrầnThiên Trần

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I recently faced this issue, all the suggestion here didn't work until I ran:

xcode-select --install

Then ran the command I was trying before and the error stopped, for my case it was php

dyld: Library not loaded: /usr/local/opt/openldap/lib/libldap-2.4.2.dylib Referenced from: /usr/local/opt//bin/php Reason: image not found zsh: abort php -v

Dharman♦

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answered Jun 6, 2021 at 16:32

1. I move to directory by: cd /usr/local
2. Find the file location by: find /usr/local/ -name libphp7.so. [Then get the file location at: /usr/local//Cellar//7.4.23/lib/httpd/modules/libphp7.so. I copy this.]
3. I open the file by: sudo vim /etc/apache2/httpd.conf
4. Look for the line by: /libphp7.so
5. Uncomment the line and update the line by: LoadModule php7_module /usr/local//Cellar//7.4.23/lib/httpd/modules/libphp7.so
6. Restart apache by: sudo apachectl restart
7. Verify PHP by accessing //localhost/phpinfo.php

answered Sep 29, 2021 at 7:11

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