On my mac I've got php installed and working fine. I recently wanted to install mcrypt, so I did so using brew. Although it seemed to install fine, it doesn't show up in my phpinfo(). So I think that the php that brew installed mcrypt in, isn't the php that apache uses.
Does anybody know how I can:
All tips are welcome!
May 5, 2020 January 15, 2022 homebrew, php. Homebrew, the popular package manager for macOS, allows you to install more than one version of PHP.
Before you can enable PHP on a Mac, you first have to enable Apache. Both PHP and Apache are free open source software programs and both come installed on all Macs.
The contributors of the Homebrew php formula give the following instructions. The exact instructions reproduced here install php7.4. Substitute the php version you need.
(Avoid "special" ways of accomplishing your objective; they are often problematic. "Official" approaches are more likely to give you a predictable, maintainable setup.)
$ brew search php // since php can be installed by homebrew but be missing from your PATH, review the list of php versions available through homebrew; a checkmark next to a version indicates one is installed
$ brew install [email protected]
$ echo 'export PATH="/usr/local/opt/[email protected]/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.zshrc // add the alias to your path (issues you are using zsh, the default now for macOS); see comments output during installation
$ source ~/.zshrc // reload . zshrc to use the new settings immediately
The contributors of the formula also provide the following instructions for enabling PHP in Apache:
To enable PHP in Apache add the following to httpd.conf and restart Apache:
LoadModule php_module /usr/local/opt/php/lib/httpd/modules/libphp.so <FilesMatch \.php$> SetHandler application/x-httpd-php </FilesMatch>`
Finally, check DirectoryIndex includes index.php
DirectoryIndex index.php index.html
The php.ini and php-fpm.ini file can be found in:
/usr/local/etc/php/7.4/
These instructions for enabling PHP in Apache appear in stdout
when you install php. Alternatively in Terminal use brew info php
or visit the Homebrew PHP formula page
You have to make your Apache use the PHP that you just downloaded.
Open your httpd.conf
(mine is at /etc/apache2/httpd.conf
) and look for the line that loads the PHP module, something like:
LoadModule php5_module path/to/php
Then, make it point to the PHP that brew installed for you with mcrypt support. Mine was at this path. Yours can vary depending on the PHP version that you installed.
/usr/local/Cellar/php54/5.4.21/libexec/apache2/libphp5.so
Finally you will need to restart your Apache server to load the new configuration:
sudo apachectl restart
Can't comment on stackoverflow yet due to my lack of experience but to add to the above answer is correct. Just an additional comment to find the correct path:
run:
brew info php54
or which ever version u have installed and it will show you the path:
To enable PHP in Apache add the following to httpd.conf and restart Apache:
LoadModule php5_module /usr/local/opt/php54/libexec/apache2/libphp5.so
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