sphp

Switching php version for M1/Intel MACs

Usage:

$ sphp phpversion, e.g.:

sphp 7.4

Before switching

Install XCode components (required)

xcode-select --install

Install HomeBrew

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

Change standard Apache to Homebrew one

sudo apachectl stop
sudo launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/org.apache.httpd.plist 2>/dev/null

and install HomeBrew Apache version

brew install httpd

test installation: open http://localhost:8080 in browser.

To restart Apache:

breq services restart apache

Other control options (start/stop):

brew services stop httpd
brew services start httpd

php install replacement

You need to install php-fpm version to replace too slow standard php 7.3 installation which called by Apple "deprecated" At first, add repository

brew tap shivammathur/php

and install all php versions:

brew install shivammathur/php/[email protected]
brew install shivammathur/php/[email protected]
brew install shivammathur/php/[email protected]
brew install shivammathur/php/[email protected]
brew install shivammathur/php/[email protected]
brew install shivammathur/php/[email protected]
brew install shivammathur/php/[email protected]
brew install shivammathur/php/[email protected]
brew install shivammathur/php/[email protected]

You need to know that 5.6-7.2 versions are deprecated and may cause some errors, but they are need to launch old sites.

ini files are located at:

Fof intel Macs:

/usr/local/etc/php/5.6/php.ini
/usr/local/etc/php/7.0/php.ini
/usr/local/etc/php/7.1/php.ini
/usr/local/etc/php/7.2/php.ini
/usr/local/etc/php/7.3/php.ini
/usr/local/etc/php/7.4/php.ini
/usr/local/etc/php/8.0/php.ini
/usr/local/etc/php/8.1/php.ini
/usr/local/etc/php/8.2/php.ini

For Silicon M1 Macs:

/opt/Homebrew/etc/php/5.6/php.ini
/opt/Homebrew/etc/php/7.0/php.ini
/opt/Homebrew/etc/php/7.1/php.ini
/opt/Homebrew/etc/php/7.2/php.ini
/opt/Homebrew/etc/php/7.3/php.ini
/opt/Homebrew/etc/php/7.4/php.ini
/opt/Homebrew/etc/php/8.0/php.ini
/opt/Homebrew/etc/php/8.1/php.ini
/opt/Homebrew/etc/php/8.2/php.ini

Apache PHP Setup

You need add modules to httpd.conf after LoadModule rewrite_module lib/httpd/modules/mod_rewrite.so

For Intel Macs

(php7.4 as a standard)

#LoadModule php5_module /usr/local/opt/[email protected]/lib/httpd/modules/libphp5.so
#LoadModule php7_module /usr/local/opt/[email protected]/lib/httpd/modules/libphp7.so
#LoadModule php7_module /usr/local/opt/[email protected]/lib/httpd/modules/libphp7.so
#LoadModule php7_module /usr/local/opt/[email protected]/lib/httpd/modules/libphp7.so
#LoadModule php7_module /usr/local/opt/[email protected]/lib/httpd/modules/libphp7.so
LoadModule php7_module /usr/local/opt/[email protected]/lib/httpd/modules/libphp7.so
#LoadModule php_module /usr/local/opt/[email protected]/lib/httpd/modules/libphp.so

For Silicon M1 Macs

#LoadModule php5_module /opt/homebrew/opt/[email protected]/lib/httpd/modules/libphp5.so
#LoadModule php7_module /opt/homebrew/opt/[email protected]/lib/httpd/modules/libphp7.so
#LoadModule php7_module /opt/homebrew/opt/[email protected]/lib/httpd/modules/libphp7.so
#LoadModule php7_module /opt/homebrew/opt/[email protected]/lib/httpd/modules/libphp7.so
#LoadModule php7_module /opt/homebrew/opt/[email protected]/lib/httpd/modules/libphp7.so
LoadModule php7_module /opt/homebrew/opt/[email protected]/lib/httpd/modules/libphp7.so
#LoadModule php_module /opt/homebrew/opt/php/lib/httpd/modules/libphp.so

Search for the block

<IfModule dir_module>
    DirectoryIndex index.html
</IfModule>

and replace it with

<IfModule dir_module>
    DirectoryIndex index.php index.html
</IfModule>

<FilesMatch \.php$>
    SetHandler application/x-httpd-php
</FilesMatch>

Downloading and activating the script

For Silicon M1 Macs

curl -L https://raw.githubusercontent.com/vadimbk/sphp/main/sphp > /opt/homebrew/bin/sphp
chmod +x /opt/homebrew/bin/sphp

For Intel Macs

curl -L https://raw.githubusercontent.com/vadimbk/sphp/main/sphp >  /usr/local/bin/sphp
chmod +x /usr/local/bin/sphp

Testing

Add info.php to Apache root directory

For Silicon M1 Macs

printf "<?php\nphpinfo();\n?>" > /opt/homebrew/var/www/info.php

For Intel Macs

printf "<?php\nphpinfo();\n?>" > /usr/loca/var/www/info.php

And run the test - open in browser

http://localhost:8080/info.php 

You should see an phpinfo() page

Changing a version and re-test:

sphp 5.6

Refresh phpinfo window (Cmd-R)