PHPInfo / Valet - Two different PHP versions

Question

OK so I am experiencing something quite odd. My phpinfo() shows one version while php -v shows another.

I am running locally on a MacBook Air (Mojave), with Laravel and Valet.

phpinfo():

PHP Version 7.2.13

Configuration File (php.ini) Path   /usr/local/etc/php/7.2
Loaded Configuration File   /usr/local/etc/php/7.2/php.ini
Scan this dir for additional .ini files /usr/local/etc/php/7.2/conf.d

While in my terminal, it shows:

php -v

PHP 7.3.0 (cli) (built: Dec  7 2018 11:00:11) ( NTS )

Now, if I do a which php I get this:

/usr/local/bin/php

In my ~/.bash-profile, I have this:

export "PATH=~/.composer/vendor/bin:$PATH"

I have tried to:

Restart Nginx
Restart Valet
Unlink PHP@7.2 and link PHP@7.3with Homebrew:

Olivers-MacBook-Air:~ oliverbusk$ brew unlink php@7.2 Error: No such keg: /usr/local/Cellar/php@7.2

How can I get my actual valet site to use php@7.3?

Use [php switcher](https://github.com/philcook/brew-php-switcher). This helps you to switch php correctly and restart valet. — Levente Otta, Dec 10 '18 at 20:56
`rm ~/.config/valet/valet.sock; valet restart;` solved it for me. — Chanaka, Jul 24 '20 at 21:45

score 46 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 24 '20 at 21:47

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Below simple fix worked for me.

rm ~/.config/valet/valet.sock
valet restart

answered Jul 24 '20 at 21:47

Chanaka

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Worked like a charm for me - Thanks @Chk! – Zeshan Dec 09 '20 at 07:53
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Works good but I seem to need to repeat this every now and then (perhaps after restarting my computer), is there a permanent solution? – Visualise Apr 05 '21 at 00:42
worked on ubuntu too, just a different path, at least on my machine, `rm ~/.valet/valet.sock` – kuus Apr 28 '21 at 20:36
Not sure why I lose this configuration after restarting and have to do it again and again, anyone else? – Israel Ortuño Jun 07 '21 at 13:41
Would love to know how to fix this so it doesn't keep happening. – James Parker Oct 26 '21 at 01:09
This should be added into the valet library as restart command as well – Gkiokan Dec 02 '21 at 14:26
Removing the valet sock resulted in a 502 Bad Gateway after restart. – AlxVallejo Apr 24 '23 at 19:00
@AlxVallejo I think you will need to run `valet install` in this case, refer to https://stackoverflow.com/questions/53837655/laravel-valet-502-bad-gate-way-nginx-1-15-7 – Chan Yung Keat Jul 31 '23 at 03:59

score 6 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 09 '21 at 14:54

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In my case it worked after forcing the specific PHP version:

valet use php@7.4 --force

answered Jun 09 '21 at 14:54

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score 5 · Answer 3 · edited Jun 20 '20 at 09:12

Good news, please upgrade to latest valet version, you can easily switch php version. Source: https://laravel.com/docs/5.8/valet

PHP Versions

Valet allows you to switch PHP versions using the valet use php@version command. Valet will install the specified PHP version via Brew if it is not already installed:

valet use php@7.2

valet use php   //without any specification, it will be using latest version

oliverbj · Accepted Answer · 2019-08-13T14:32:48.633

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Something so basic as rebooting my Macbook solved this issue. Once rebooted, the correct version 7.3 showed in my phpinfo();

edited Aug 13 '19 at 14:32

answered Dec 12 '18 at 08:32

oliverbj

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rm ~/.config/valet/valet.sock; valet restart; solved it for me – Chanaka Jul 24 '20 at 21:48
@Chk I got a 'Bad gateway' on the Valet site after this command. `valet install` solved it for me. – thijsonline Aug 18 '22 at 06:49

score 3 · Answer 5 · edited Oct 21 '19 at 09:44

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From MacBook pro (Mojave), with Laravel and Valet:

valet use php@7.2

edited Oct 21 '19 at 09:44

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answered Oct 20 '19 at 02:30

Israel Alexis Palma Quezada

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score 3 · Answer 6 · answered Jan 27 '21 at 16:41

To be able to effectively change the version of php on my machine I use the following script:

Add to your user's .bash_profile
Then use the following command to switch

switch-php7.x

switch-php() {
  valet stop
  brew unlink php@7.2 php@7.3 php@7.4
  brew link --force --overwrite php@$1
  brew services restart php@$1
  composer global update
  rm -f ~/.config/valet/valet.sock
  valet install
}

https://gist.github.com/r1tt3r/e0f199eb274d5ff186b73956af594316

score 3 · Answer 7 · answered Mar 15 '21 at 01:23

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I am running linux valet on Ubuntu 20.04 , The following command works for me

valet use 8.0

Here, 8.0 refers to the php version.

answered Mar 15 '21 at 01:23

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you save my day . Thanks – Nipun Tharuksha Oct 27 '21 at 06:04

BonisTech · Answer 8 · 2023-01-14T10:56:59.503

Basically the php valet uses and the one used by your macbook is different. But as already mentioned by @Shiro and @Israel Alexis Palma Quezada, in newer versions valet use php73 would solve your problem. If it's not working, try running composer global update to update your global packages, thus updating valet

To update the mac php version, execute the following lines:

export PATH="your/path/to/php@7.3/bin:$PATH"
export PATH="your/path/to/php@7.3/sbin:$PATH"

or simply add these two lines to your ~/.profile or ~/.bash_profile

Don't forget to run source ~/.profile or source ~/.bash_profile or whatever file you chose to edit.

`composer global update` did it! – Simon Jan 13 '23 at 18:02 — Simon, Jan 13 '23 at 18:02

Nyongesa Ignatius · Answer 9 · 2022-02-14T07:23:50.850

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NB: Tested this solution on Ubuntu 20.04 Desktop

If you are using Valet Linux Plus(Has more features than Valet Linux) Just do valet use {your PHP version} --update-cli. For instance to use php8.0 just run:

valet use 8.0 --update-cli

This will update both php-fpm version plus php-cli version too.

edited Feb 14 '22 at 07:23

answered Feb 14 '22 at 06:28

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score 0 · Answer 10 · answered Dec 12 '18 at 08:43

Yesterday I encountered the same problem on Ubuntu 18.

At first I changed the PHP version:

$ sudo a2dismod php7.2
$ sudo a2enmod php7.3
$ sudo update-alternatives --set php /usr/bin/7.3

But valet was still showing the wrong PHP version. Rebooting did not work. In fact, phpinfo() was displaying PHP 7.1.

After run ps -aux | grep php I noticed few instances of php-fpm (5.6, 7.1 and 7.2) running.

I stopped them

$ sudo service php5.6-fpm stop
$ sudo service php7.1-fpm stop
$ sudo service php7.2-fpm stop

Then started 7.3

$ sudo service php7.3-fpm start

And now my phpinfo() display the correct version of PHP

score 0 · Answer 11 · answered Oct 14 '20 at 20:51

I ran into this same problem while using valet plus today. When I switched PHP versions it was showing the previous one in my browser but the correct one in my terminal. Looking at the my brew services list:

brew services list

It showed that one of the valet-php services (valet-php@7.2) was not in the service list but somehow my valet was able to switch to it. Valet didn't install this PHP properly and that's what was causing the issue. I did the following to uninstall that PHP and reinstall it with brew.

brew uninstall valet-php@7.2
sudo rm -rf /usr/local/Cellar/valet-php@7.2/7.2.34_1
brew install valet-php@7.2

The PHP version that was once not showing in the brew services list now showed and I was able to "stop" that php version's service:

brew services stop valet-php@7.2

which made everything work properly again without a restart.

PHPInfo / Valet - Two different PHP versions

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