Changing php version in mamp

Question

I am using the latest version of MAMP. In my MAMP settings, I can find the latest version of PHP as 7.1.1, but when I run php -v i get this:

PHP 5.5.14 (cli) (built: Sep  9 2014 19:09:25) 
Copyright (c) 1997-2014 The PHP Group
Zend Engine v2.5.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2014 Zend Technologies

I am not able to change it. There is no folder like php5.5.14 inside MAMP/bin/php/

Answer 1

That's because it's referring to the pre-installed PHP of your OSX. You need to change that to point to your MAMP PHP. To do so you need to edit the .bash_profile with a text editor and add the MAMP version of PHP to the PATH variable.

Follow these steps (source):

1. Within the Terminal, run

vim ~/.bash_profile

2. Type i and then paste the following at the top of the file:

export PATH=/Applications/MAMP/bin/php/php7.1.1/bin:$PATH

3. Hit ESC, Type :wq, and hit Enter

4. In Terminal, run:

 source ~/.bash_profile

5. In Terminal, type in which php again and look for the updated string. If everything was successful, It should output the new path to MAMP PHP install.

In case it doesn't output the correct path, try closing the terminal window (exit fully) and open again, it should apply the changes.