#INSTALL PHP FOR MAC HOW TO#
#INSTALL PHP FOR MAC INSTALL#
#INSTALL PHP FOR MAC ARCHIVE#
#INSTALL PHP FOR MAC UPGRADE#
#INSTALL PHP FOR MAC PASSWORD#

Click the plus sign right above the word INDEXES and name the field message.

Then click the plus sign at the bottom left to create a new table.

Click Choose Database… at the top left followed by Add Database….

Enter root for the Username and newpassword for the Password.

Go through the installation, open Sequel Pro, and enter 127.0.0.1 for the Host.

This is like phpMyAdmin, but better because it’s a desktop app.

Type ALTER USER IDENTIFIED BY 'newpassword' and press enter.

#INSTALL PHP FOR MAC PASSWORD#

Then it says Enter Password: which is 8hxKsiIh?YMt for me (you should use the password you copied earlier instead of 8hxKsiIh?YMt).

This is the password you use when you login to your Mac

When you press enter it will ask you for your Password.

Go back to Terminal and type sudo /usr/local/mysql/bin/mysql -u root -p.

Press Start MySQL Server to turn it on and you’ll see:.

Click on MySQL and you’ll see that it’s turned off.

Press the Apple logo at the top left of your screen and go to System Preferences.

Do this now, as it will be pain to reset the password if you don't know it. Copy the password to text file (or take a screenshot) and press okay.

Once you get to the end of the installation, you’ll see a popup that gives you your MySQL username (root) and password (8hxKsiIh?YMt).

Click on the downloaded file, double click the pkg file, and go through the installation which should look like this:.

Scroll down and click No thanks, just start my download.

#INSTALL PHP FOR MAC ARCHIVE#

Scroll down until you see three download buttons and click on the one next to DMG Archive.

Go back to Safari and refresh the localhost page and you’ll see Hello From Sites Folder! with PHP info that shows PHP 7 is being used.

Press Ctrl+O followed by Enter to save these changes.

Replace both occurrences of /Library/WebServer/Documents with /Users/david/Sites (instead of david use your name which can be found at the top of your terminal next to the home icon).

Go back to Terminal and enter sudo nano /etc/apache2/nf.

Save index.php in the Sites folder you created.

Open your favorite text editor and create a file called index.php with the following code:.

Create a new folder and name it Sites (The Safari icon shown below gets added automatically to the Sites folder as shown below).This will take you to your home directory, which will also be whatever your computer is named in this case it's david. Click on Finder at the bottom left corner of your screen and click on Go > Home the top navigation bar.Type sudo apachectl restart and press enter.Press Ctrl+O followed by Enter to save the change you just made.Delete the # from #LoadModule php7_module libexec/apache2/libphp7.so.Press Ctrl+W which will bring up a search.Open Terminal and type sudo nano /etc/apache2/nf and press enter.Thankfully High Sierra already comes with PHP 7.1!!!

#INSTALL PHP FOR MAC UPGRADE#

This caused users to get annoyed because it didn’t come with PHP 7, so you’d have to go through extra work to upgrade from PHP 5 to PHP 7. Before High Sierra (version 10.13), Mac came with PHP 5 installed.

#INSTALL PHP FOR MAC INSTALL#

Mac already comes with PHP, so you don’t need to install it from PHP.net. Open Safari (or your browser of choice), type localhost in the address bar, and press enterĬan’t believe it’s that easy? It is! You should now see It works! in the browser.Type sudo apachectl start and press enter.Open Terminal by clicking on the magnifying glass at the top right corner of your screen and searching for Terminal.You can combine brew unlink and brew link to swap between any installed version. Once installed, you can switch between PHP versions by ‘linking’ and ‘unlinking’ in brew: # Switch from 7.4 to 5.6īrew link -force Switching from PHP 7.4 to 5.6

Now, we can install all the available PHP versions: brew install To install PHP 5.6, 7.0 & 7.1 we’ll need to ‘tap’ a repository for deprecated packages: brew tap exolnet/homebrew-deprecated Install Multiple PHP VersionsĪs of writing, only PHP 7.2, 7.3 and 7.4 are maintained and supported by Homebrew. You can also run brew doctor to check everything is good to go. usr/bin/ruby -e '$(curl -fsSL )'Ĭheck that brew has installed: $ brew -version You’ll need both Xcode Command Line Tools and Homebrew installed.ġ.1 Install XCode Command Line Tools xcode-select -install Using several versions of PHP on macOS via homebrew 1. The instructions below are for use with macOS 10.15 Catalina, and allow installation of PHP 5.6, 7.0, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3 & 7.4.

#INSTALL PHP FOR MAC HOW TO#

I recently needed to switch between PHP versions on my macOS environment to work on a legacy project.Īs usual, I’d forgotten how to do this, so I’ve decided to publish the steps for my own and other’s reference.

Install php for mac