Error upgrading PHP 7.4 on MAC after Brew installation

Question

I have a Mac Air with Ventura OS. I just installed Brew and after that I can't upgrade PHP anymore. I get the following error: Error: php@7.4 has been disabled because it is a versioned formula! How can I solve it? New to MacOS and Brew. Thanks Fabio

No clue what to do at this point.

Compare: [Error: php@7.3 has been disabled because it is a versioned formula](https://stackoverflow.com/q/70417377/367456) — hakre, Dec 03 '22 at 02:27

score 27 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 21 '22 at 20:40

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The message tells you that PHP 7.4 is outdated. You can either install PHP8

brew install php

or link a 3rd party repository and install 7.4 from there.

For example:

brew tap shivammathur/php
brew install shivammathur/php/php@7.4
brew link php@7.4

answered Dec 21 '22 at 20:40

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This is the ONLY thing that worked. Thank you! – Nathan Loyer Dec 22 '22 at 15:10
I'm on macOS Ventura and this worked for me. Thanks! – Denimar Fernandez Jan 18 '23 at 05:35
Before doing this, I'm curious how I'd relink the most up-to-date PHP again, in the event I'd like to go back to the 'normal' brew installation? Would it just be `brew link php`? – Juno Sprite Feb 06 '23 at 20:51
It be can brew link php or `brew link php@`. Run `brew search php` and check which versions are installed on your computer then select the right syntax for `brew link php` – gtom Feb 07 '23 at 21:25
I'm on macOS Ventura and this worked for me. Thank you very much – Micessien May 02 '23 at 20:49
It worked for me too. (MacOS Ventura, M1 MacBook Air) – Sangbeom Han Aug 06 '23 at 14:54

Error upgrading PHP 7.4 on MAC after Brew installation

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