Jun 15, 2020 Fortunately, Homebrew on Mac includes a subcommand called 'casks' for more complex multi-directory structures. What's especially nice is that cask uses a similar command structure to the standard brew commands, so you can use similar search, install, and info steps.
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- I have uninstalled and installed Homebrew 3 times now because it seems to never allow me to install anything as it denies me permissions at the end of most installations. As an example I will post.
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# Upgrading with Homebrew
Start by making sure brew is up-to-date:
Next, upgrade PHP. You can either use the built-in php recipe, use tap shivammathur/homebrew-php. I'd recommend the second approach, since it allows you to easily install several PHP versions and switch between them.
# Normal upgrade
# Upgrade with shivammathur/homebrew-php
To switch between versions, use the following command:
You can read more in the repository.
# Next steps
Check the current version by running php -v:
Restart Nginx or Apache:
And make sure that your local web server also uses PHP 8 by visiting this script:
The version should show 8.0.x.
Note: if you're using Laravel Valet, please keep on reading,you need some extra steps in order for the web server to properly work.
# Valet
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If you're using Laravel Valet, you should do the following steps to upgrade it:
You can use valet use to switch between PHP versions:
Note that if you're using an older Valet version (prior to v2.13.18), when switching from PHP 8 to PHP 7.4 there was a bug that didn't properly update the changes. This was fixed in Valet 2.13.18 so that it now automatically removes the valet socket after having run valet use php@7.4. If you need to do this manually, you can run:
# Extensions
PHP extensions are installed using pecl. I personally use Imagick, Redis and Xdebug. They can be installed like so:
You can run pecl list to see which extensions are installed:
You can search for other extensions using pecl search:
Make sure to restart your web server after installing new packages:
If you're using Laravel Valet, you should restart it as well.
Make sure all extensions are correctly installed and loaded by checking both your PHP webserver and CLI installs:
If extensions aren't properly loaded, there are two easy fixes.
First, make sure the extensions are added in the correct ini file. You can run php --ini to know which file is loaded:
Now check the ini file:
Note that if you're testing installed extensions via the CLI, you don't need to restart nginx, apache or Valet when making changes to ini settings.
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The second thing you can do, if you're updating from an older PHP version which also used pecl to install extension; is to reinstall every extension individually.
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# Last step
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Finally you should test and upgrade your projects for PHP 8 compatibility.