sphp.sh

Shell script for switching between Brew-installed PHP versions, as featured in the popular macOS Apache + PHP series on https://getgrav.org.

The code has been moved from the original gist to a proper repository, to better allow for pull requests and issues.

Installation

Intel Macs:

Install various versions of PHP per macOS Apache + PHP series using Homebrew.

curl -L https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rhukster/sphp.sh/main/sphp.sh > /usr/local/bin/sphp
chmod +x /usr/local/bin/sphp

Apple Silicon Macs:

curl -L https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rhukster/sphp.sh/main/sphp.sh > /opt/homebrew/bin/sphp
chmod +x /opt/homebrew/bin/sphp

Usage

To switch your current PHP installation to PHP 8.2, simply enter this command in the terminal:

➜ sphp 8.2

Result:

Switching to php@8.2
Switching your shell
Unlinking /opt/homebrew/Cellar/php@7.3/7.3.33_4... 0 symlinks removed.
Unlinking /opt/homebrew/Cellar/php@7.4/7.4.33_1... 25 symlinks removed.
Unlinking /opt/homebrew/Cellar/php@8.0/8.0.27_1... 0 symlinks removed.
Unlinking /opt/homebrew/Cellar/php@8.1/8.1.15... 0 symlinks removed.
Unlinking /opt/homebrew/Cellar/php/8.2.3... 0 symlinks removed.
Linking /opt/homebrew/Cellar/php/8.2.3... 24 symlinks created.
Switching your apache conf
Restarting apache
Stopping `httpd`... (might take a while)
==> Successfully stopped `httpd` (label: homebrew.mxcl.httpd)
==> Successfully started `httpd` (label: homebrew.mxcl.httpd)

PHP 8.2.3 (cli) (built: Feb 15 2023 00:18:01) (NTS)
Copyright (c) The PHP Group
Zend Engine v4.2.3, Copyright (c) Zend Technologies
    with Zend OPcache v8.2.3, Copyright (c), by Zend Technologies
    with Xdebug v3.2.0, Copyright (c) 2002-2022, by Derick Rethans

All done!

Support

Submit a new bug report on the Github repository.

All code contributions (bug fixes, new features and enhancements) are welcome. Please submit a Pull Request.

License and Copyright

Released under the MIT License