change the PHP path to MAMPs PHP

Question

I'm running PHP with MAMP on OSX 10.5.8

So if I want to run a script from console I always need to write

/applications/mamp/bin/php5.3/bin/php path/to/script

which is annoying. Is there a way to change the default path to php so that I can write

php path/to/script

and still uses MAMPs PHP version?

Add that directory to your `PATH`, see http://keito.me/tutorials/macosx_path — drew010, Jun 01 '12 at 20:42

score 27 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 01 '12 at 20:42

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Create a file called .bash_profile on your home directory (if you don't have this file already), and add this to the file:

export PATH=/Applications/mamp/bin/php5.3/bin:$PATH

Then quit and relaunch Terminal.app

answered Jun 01 '12 at 20:42

bfavaretto

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In my case, PHP was already installed using macports. Removing macport's PHP was required for this solution to work: `$ sudo port uninstall php*` . – Nimo Dec 29 '13 at 09:28

Amrit Shrestha · Answer 2 · 2022-09-27T16:32:56.853

Use latest MAMP version of PHP

you need to edit .bash_profile

open -a TextEdit ~/.bash_profile

if you cannot find bash_profile under your home directory then create .bash_profile:

 touch ~/.bash_profile

Use latest MAMP version of PHP

PHP_VERSION=`ls /Applications/MAMP/bin/php/ | sort -n | tail -1`
export PATH=/Applications/MAMP/bin/php/${PHP_VERSION}/bin:$PATH

(Run source ~/.bash_profile after making your changes to make sure they take effect.)

source: How to override the path of PHP to use the MAMP path?

kjellberg · Answer 3 · 2015-01-03T23:01:36.027

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The easiest way would be to rewrite the alias. Just copy/paste the cmd bellow into terminal for temporary use or write it into .bash_profile to make it permanent.

For MAMP

$ alias php=/applications/mamp/bin/php5.3/bin/php

For XAMPP

$ alias php=/Applications/XAMPP/bin/php

For AMPPS

$ alias php=/Applications/AMPPS/php-5.6/bin/php

Run php via our new alias

$ php -v

edited Jan 03 '15 at 23:01

answered Jan 03 '15 at 22:31

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score 4 · Answer 4 · answered May 25 '16 at 01:39

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vi ~/.bash_profile

//add
export PATH=/path/to/php/bin:$PATH

source ~/.bash_profile

answered May 25 '16 at 01:39

Jack Sun

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score 1 · Answer 5 · answered Nov 19 '13 at 05:57

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In addition to bfvarettos great answer: since .bash_profile executes at login, you will need to restart your system for the changes to take effect.

answered Nov 19 '13 at 05:57

Henu

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score 1 · Answer 6 · answered Mar 12 '14 at 20:04

I'm not sure if this is specific to MAMP 3.0 or not but you need to do the following path for MAMP 3.0. Make sure you change the PHP version to the version you are using for your server.

Again this goes in ~/.bash_profile

export PATH=/Applications/MAMP/bin/php/php5.5.10/bin:$PATH

change the PHP path to MAMPs PHP

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Use latest MAMP version of PHP

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