MPHP

Multi-version PHP is a Windows utility to use one executable to run different versions of PHP CLI.

Installation

MPHP is installed by default to the %SYSTEMDRIVE%\tools\mphp directory

Download install.ps1 script and run it in the PowerShell as administrator.

Or run this command in Cmd.exe as administrator:

powershell -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command "iex ((New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://raw.githubusercontent.com/uiii/mphp/master/install.ps1'))"

You also need to install at least one versions of PHP.

Usage

Use MPHP the same way as you would use PHP CLI executable. You can specify the PHP version as the first argument -<version>.

E.g. php -5 -i will run PHP 5.* executable with argument -i.

MPHP will find PHP's executable with latest matching version.

E.g. version argument 5.6 will look for latest version matching 5.6.*.

If you ommit the version argument, it will run the latest PHP version found.

version argument could be any version number, e.g. 5, 5.6.32, ...

Paths

MPHP will find executable of the specified PHP version using system PATH environment variable. So you have to add all paths to all installed PHP's version to PATH.

Troubleshooting

Switching PHP versions is not working (-v parameter)

Run where php to make sure the MPHP's executable (%SYSTEMDRIVE%\tools\mphp\bin\php.bat) is the first. If not, move the %SYSTEMDRIVE%\tools\mphp\bin path in system PATH environment variable before any other path to php executable.