Upgrade PHP 7.2 to 7.3 on Mac Mojave

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I would like to upgrade my PHP from 7.2 to 7.3 on my Mac Mojave.

My current version is 7.2.25 (when I execute php -v).

I did that:

brew install [email protected]

It seems that it installed some things. But php -v still displays 7.2.25.

I restarted my computer, and still get the same. What more can I do?

`brew unlink [email protected] && brew link --force --overwrite [email protected]` after running this command close all terminal and open fresh terminal to see reflection. — jagad89, Dec 07 '19 at 10:45
@jagad89 would that work if the 7.2 was shipped with mojave (eg i did not follow too closely brew recently ) , or would OP also need to correct is PATH env variable to point to the appropriate directory (before the shipped php path, which was the case with my box) ? — YvesLeBorg, Dec 07 '19 at 10:51
@YvesLeBorg In that case we need to update `~/.bash_profile` as per `brew` php path. — jagad89, Dec 07 '19 at 10:54
@YvesLeBorg Check [this](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/20523183/how-to-use-the-php-that-brew-installed) — jagad89, Dec 07 '19 at 10:56

jagad89 · Accepted Answer · 2019-12-07T13:09:27.827

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need to own /usr/local/optif you face any problem to unlink or link.

sudo chown -R `whoami`:admin /usr/local/opt

brew unlink [email protected] && brew link --force --overwrite [email protected] after running this command close all terminal and open fresh terminal to see reflection.

To change active version with Apache,in file /usr/local/etc/httpd/httpd.conf load your desired php module. Commented php7.2 and added php7.3

#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

edited Dec 07 '19 at 13:09

answered Dec 07 '19 at 10:51

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Hi jagad89. Thanks for you answer. When I try the command you mentionned, I have this error : Unlinking /usr/local/Cellar/[email protected]/7.2.25... 0 symlinks removed Linking /usr/local/Cellar/[email protected]/7.3.12... Error: Could not symlink sbin/php-fpm /usr/local/sbin is not writable. – Dom Dec 07 '19 at 11:05
run `sudo chown -R \`whoami\`:admin /usr/local/sbin` and run above command again. – jagad89 Dec 07 '19 at 11:09
@Dom in case if you don't have `sbin` directory under `/user/local` you need to create that directory. – jagad89 Dec 07 '19 at 11:13
I created sbin. And run command again : brew unlink [email protected] && brew link --force --overwrite [email protected]. Still thesame php version : 7.2.25 – Dom Dec 07 '19 at 11:53
Have you closed all terminal and reopen a fresh terminal ? – jagad89 Dec 07 '19 at 11:55
yes I dit it . And just restarted the computer. Without success – Dom Dec 07 '19 at 11:56
Let us [continue this discussion in chat](https://chat.stackoverflow.com/rooms/203807/discussion-between-dom-and-jagad89). – Dom Dec 07 '19 at 11:57
Run **which php** it will return a path. – jagad89 Dec 07 '19 at 11:57
/usr/local/opt/[email protected]/bin/php – Dom Dec 07 '19 at 12:00

score 3 · Answer 2 · edited Oct 11 '21 at 15:11

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You can try to run either of the following commands

brew install [email protected]

OR

curl -s http://php-osx.liip.ch/install.sh | bash -s 7.3

And The last step is

export PATH=/usr/local/php5/bin:$PATH

edited Oct 11 '21 at 15:11

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answered May 23 '20 at 00:01

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Upgrade PHP 7.2 to 7.3 on Mac Mojave

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