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Sonic750
Sonic750

Reputation: 661

Update PHP Version of XAMPP on macOS

I’m fairly new to mac and try to learn some things by playing around. Currently I’m trying to get an new PHP version on XAMPP running on my macbook. I've read different threads and tutorials for this (e.g. Is there way to use two PHP versions in XAMPP?) but I'm stuck. Here is what I got:

macOS Mojave with XAMPP 5.6.31-0 with PHP version 5.6.31

$ which PHP says /usr/bin/php

$ PHP -v says 7.1.19

So this means macOS has PHP7 out of the box? So I tried to make XAMPP load PHP7 from the mac path by editing the /xamppfiles/etc/httpd.conf by:

<IfDefine JUSTTOMAKEAPXSHAPPY>
#LoadModule php4_module        modules/libphp4.so
#LoadModule php5_module        modules/libphp5.so
LoadModule php7_module         /usr/libexec/apache2/libphp7.so
</IfDefine>

But after restarting the apache phpinfo() stays hat 5.6.31. Even if I delete the PHP 7 + 5 lines and expect PHP4 to be loaded it stays at 5.

So what am I doing wrong?

Disclaimer: I know it would be the easiest way to download a newer XAMPP version or use the build in apache from mac. But for learning reasons I would like to get this done.

Upvotes: 19

Views: 42583

Answers (3)

Dankyi Anno Kwaku
Dankyi Anno Kwaku

Reputation: 1293

  1. Go to your localhost PHPmyAdmin, click on "Export" and export all the databases as one.
  2. Go to your XAMPP folder, go to the "Htdocs" folder and copy all your project files to a different folder outside the XAMPP folder.
  3. Go to the XAMPP folder and click the uninstall icon. It will remove xampp. I noticed it leaves your database and htdocs folder intact. Steps 1 and 2 were just a precaution.
  4. Go to and download the latest XAMPP that has the PHP version you want. You can find it at https://www.apachefriends.org/download.html
  5. Click on the downloaded file and install it. It will complete and you will have the PHP version you want install and your Htdocs and database will be intact. In case your database and htdocs is not there, simply recopy the project files you copied and import the database you exported.

Upvotes: 1

phemieny7
phemieny7

Reputation: 821

After a lot of research and implementation, the best one that works for me without using the homebrew command this

  • go to this link https://php-osx.liip.ch/#install
  • copy the url of the php version you want to install
  • paste it inside your terminal, it will require for your password, kindly provide it
  • After installation is complete, add the default path of php to your bash profile by doing this export PATH=/usr/local/php5/bin:$PATH you can simply copy and paste, after check your php version. i believe it will have change.

Upvotes: 1

Mario Inostroza
Mario Inostroza

Reputation: 766

The best way is install Homebrew, and then in your terminal, write this:

$ brew upgrade php // upgrade php formula
$ brew install [email protected]
$ brew link [email protected] // create an alias to this keg-only version; see comments output during installation
$ echo 'export PATH="/usr/local/opt/[email protected]/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.bash_profile // add the alias to your path; see comments output during installation
$ source ~/.bash_profile // reload .bash_profile to use the new settings immediately

greetings!

Upvotes: 22

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