Composer still using Mac OS PHP version after php@7.4 Brew install.

[rafaqf]

Hello everyone,

I've followed the steps to update my Mac OS PHP version to 7.4 as my composer is requiring it and not letting me commit. Unfortunately, I can't commit yet.

This is how my PHP looks:

RQF@MacBook-Pro ~ % find / -name php -type f -perm +111 2>nul
/usr/bin/php
/usr/local/Cellar/php@7.4/7.4.20/bin/php
/System/Volumes/Data/usr/local/Cellar/php@7.4/7.4.20/bin/php

RQF@MacBook-Pro ~ % whereis php
/usr/bin/php

RQF@MacBook-Pro ~ % which php
/usr/local/opt/php@7.4/bin/php

RQF@MacBook-Pro ~ % php -v
PHP 7.4.20 (cli) (built: Jun  4 2021 01:49:56) ( NTS )
Copyright (c) The PHP Group
Zend Engine v3.4.0, Copyright (c) Zend Technologies
    with Zend OPcache v7.4.20, Copyright (c), by Zend Technologies

Everything looks ok, as you can see, but my Mac OS PHP still points to the old one instead of to the new one installed by Brew. Or at least, Composer is looking to the old one - which should be fixed after installing and linking the new php@7.4 - and I have no idea what else should I try to fix that.

Thanks a lot in advance, any suggestion is more than welcome!

[shivammathur]

composer uses env to find php in PATH.

• Run echo $PATH.
• /usr/local/bin should be before /usr/bin in PATH.
• If It is not, edit /etc/paths file and make sure /usr/local/bin is above /usr/bin. Make sure you restart the terminal after editing this file.

[rafaqf]

RQF@MacBook-Pro ~ % php -r "echo PHP_VERSION_ID;"
70420%

Thanks a lot for your help :)

[rafaqf]

I've found that in the /usr/bin/php-config, the version is 7.3.24.

RQF@MacBook-Pro ~ % grep -Rw /usr -e "7.3.24"
Binary file /usr/bin/php matches
... (many with permission denied)
/usr/bin/php-config:version="7.3.24-(to be removed in future macOS)"
Binary file /usr/libexec/apache2/libphp7.so matches
Binary file /usr/sbin/php-fpm matches
grep: /usr/local/var/homebrew/linked/php@7.4/php5: Too many levels of symbolic links

Shouldn't that file be updated by homebrew?

[shivammathur]

No, brew symlinks binaries to /usr/local/bin.

[rafaqf]

So it seems that my repo composer is probably still checking that php-config or others, do you have any suggestion to fix that? Maybe I should delete all the macOS PHP files? I need to change some permissions in order to do that.

[shivammathur]

That might need disabling SIP and I would not recommend doing that. Your issue is related to how composer is run.
You can run composer with brew PHP /usr/local/opt/php@7.4/bin/php composer .... This should work.