elbeavers / phpswap

Switch between two versions of PHP on macOS

PHP Swap

The purpose of this script is to swap between two versions of PHP installed using Homebrew on macOS. It simply checks to see which version is running and swaps to the other installed version.

For now, everything is hard-coded and expects the latest php and [email protected] as installed by Homebrew.

Installation

Install the script file phpswap in /usr/local/bin or wherever your binaries are stored. Once there, navigate to that directory and make it executable by entering the following command.

chmod +x phpswap

Output

With php and [email protected] installed, output should look something like this.

You are running PHP 8.2. Switching to 8.0.

You are now running PHP 8.0.

That's it! That's all it does (for now). May its existence be a blessing!

Roadmap

• Add user interaction to ask if user wants to swap versions instead of just doing it.
• Remove hard-coded items and add handling for more and different Homebrew installations of PHP as I expect this script will always rely on Homebrew.