• Install Xcode Command Line Utilities

xcode-select --install

• Install Homebrew:

/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install.sh)"

• If previously installed, update homebrew and the formulae:

brew update

• If you have packages from old homebrew/php tap, refer to this guide for removing them.

Fetch the formulae in this tap:

brew tap shivammathur/php

See PHP Support for available formulae.

• For example, to install PHP 7.4:

brew install shivammathur/php/[email protected]

• After installing your have to link it:

brew link --overwrite --force [email protected]

• Restart the terminal and test your PHP version:

php -v

You can upgrade your PHP version to the latest patch release.

For example, to upgrade PHP 7.4:

brew upgrade shivammathur/php/[email protected]

• If you have multiple PHP versions installed, you can switch between them easily.

For example, to switch to PHP 7.4:

brew link --overwrite --force [email protected]

• If you get a warning like below, then do as recommended:

Warning: Already linked: <Cellar Path>
To relink:
  brew unlink <formula> && brew link <formula>

brew unlink [email protected]
brew link --overwrite --force [email protected]

If you are using Apache or Nginx with php-fpm, restart your webserver after any change in your PHP.

• For Apache (httpd):

brew services restart httpd

• For Nginx:

brew services restart nginx

• Make sure you ran brew update before installing PHP.

• Run brew doctor and fix the warnings it reports.

• Make sure homebrew has correct permissions.

sudo chown -R "$(id -un)":"$(id -gn)" $(brew --prefix)

• If PHP is not working after a macOS update. Reinstall PHP along with its dependencies.

For example to reinstall PHP 7.4 and its dependencies:

brew reinstall $(brew deps shivammathur/php/[email protected]) shivammathur/php/[email protected]

• Check if your issue is a Homebrew's common issue.

• If you are still facing an issue, please create a discussion thread here.

The code in this project is licensed under the MIT license. Please see the license file for more information.

This project has some dependencies, and their license can be found here.

Contributions are welcome! Please see Contributor's Guide before you start. If you face any issues while using this tap or want to suggest a feature/improvement, create an discussion thread here.

• shivammathur/homebrew-extensions
• shivammathur/setup-php

• Homebrew/brew
• Homebrew/homebrew-core
• Homebrew/actions