How to install php 5.6 with homebrew if from this year it is EOL?

Question

Because php 5.6 is EOL from 01.01.2019, it was removed from homebrew.

How can I install it with homebrew even if it is not in core?

This question is duplicated : https://stackoverflow.com/questions/49649693/install-php-extension-for-php-5-6-on-osx-with-deprecated-homebrew-php/54466200#54466200 — Emamie, Jul 16 '19 at 07:23
Possible duplicate of [Install PHP Extension for PHP 5.6 on OSX with deprecated homebrew/php](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/49649693/install-php-extension-for-php-5-6-on-osx-with-deprecated-homebrew-php) — Handfeger, Jul 29 '19 at 09:25

score 78 · Answer 1 · edited Jun 20 '23 at 15:17

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I just used shivammathur/homebrew-php without any problems.

brew tap shivammathur/php
brew install shivammathur/php/php@5.6

# point php to the 5.6 install
brew link --overwrite --force shivammathur/php/php@5.6

The repository is on Github: https://github.com/shivammathur/homebrew-php

(the exolnet/homebrew-deprecated mentioned in other answers doesn't seem to work anymore)

edited Jun 20 '23 at 15:17

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answered Jan 11 '21 at 16:16

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Agreed 2021 and exolnet/homebrew-deprecated does not work, but this does – Eric Feb 20 '21 at 23:02
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Agreed January 2022, it works! – yannis Jan 17 '22 at 18:08
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March 2022, it works! Super handy. – ScanQR Mar 01 '22 at 07:35
How to add this php location to path – Jovylle Apr 27 '22 at 17:46
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June 2022 it works – Fred K Jun 10 '22 at 10:26
July 2022, it's seems that the mcrypt extension is missing – lansanalsm Jul 27 '22 at 13:41
September 2022, Monterey, it works – NanoPish Sep 19 '22 at 13:51
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Jan 2023, Mac OS Monterey. It still works! Thank you. – VitDuck Jan 11 '23 at 09:46
this works but then... how do I run PHP? I'm sure I'll figure it out shortly. – Dan Rosenstark Jun 19 '23 at 20:25
Back then, I didn't have to do the `brew link` command you just added to my answer. No idea why it is needed for you. – marc.guenther Jun 21 '23 at 11:01

score 53 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 18 '19 at 08:32

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brew tap exolnet/homebrew-deprecated

brew install php@5.6

source: https://joostvanveen.com/a-29/install-and-configure-multiple-php-versions-on-mojave-with-homebrew

answered Aug 18 '19 at 08:32

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The repo seems outdated. This repo https://github.com/shivammathur/homebrew-php seems more promising. – Prabowo Murti Nov 25 '20 at 09:41
doesn't work :( – German Khokhlov Sep 30 '21 at 07:21
https://github.com/eXolnet/homebrew-deprecated got only 21 commits. https://github.com/shivammathur/homebrew-php got 1970 commits atm. – nito Nov 13 '21 at 14:54
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It seems outdated. I tried marc.guenther's answer works. – Johnny Feb 08 '22 at 05:31
its not working, try the other one brew tap shivammathur/php brew install shivammathur/php/php@5.6 – Iftikar Urrhman Khan Jul 19 '22 at 17:02

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 21 '20 at 10:51

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I tried exolnet/homebrew-deprecated but it have some problem with xdebug & pecl. So I recommend you use official one.

Ref this because of long post:

answered Jul 21 '20 at 10:51

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From Review: Hi, while links are great way of sharing knowledge, they won't really answer the question if they get broken in the future. Add to your answer the essential content of the link which answers the question. In case the content is too complex or too big to fit here, describe the general idea of the proposed solution. Remember to always keep a link reference to the original solution's website. See: [How do I write a good answer?](https://stackoverflow.com/help/how-to-answer) – sɐunıɔןɐqɐp Jul 21 '20 at 11:32

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