PECL fails to install Xdebug on PHP 8.1 because it thinks I'm on PHP version 7.4

Asked Jan 11 '23 at 16:00

Active Jan 11 '23 at 19:29

Viewed 323 times

I've searched far and wide, tried everything but I can't get to install Xdebug on PHP 8.1

I've got multiple PHP versions installed via homebrew, when I switch to PHP 8.1 and try to install Xdebug I get the following:

BE-C02CRC3FMD6N:~ treynaert$ php -v
PHP 8.1.14 (cli) (built: Jan  9 2023 16:02:41) (NTS)
Copyright (c) The PHP Group
Zend Engine v4.1.14, Copyright (c) Zend Technologies

BE-C02CRC3FMD6N:~ treynaert$ pecl install xdebug
pecl/xdebug requires PHP (version >= 8.0.0, version <= 8.2.99), installed version is 7.4.33
No valid packages found
install failed

As you can see, php -v returns 8.1, phpinfo() in the browser gives me the same. Though for some reason pecl thinks I'm on 7.4.

I'm on Mac OSX Catalina BTW (10.15.7)

Anyone has a clue?

edited Jan 11 '23 at 19:29

LazyOne

158,824
45
388
391

asked Jan 11 '23 at 16:00

Tim Reynaert

In addition to switching to the 8.1 binary for `php`, you also need to switch to 8.1 for `phpize` and `php-config`. Not sure how to do that in OSX/Homebrew. (In Ubuntu, you'd likely do it via `update-alternatives`.) – Alex Howansky Jan 11 '23 at 16:05
php-config --version ==> 8.1.14 So that seems fine as well – Tim Reynaert Jan 11 '23 at 16:16
Will making config/calling pecl like this do any good? https://stackoverflow.com/a/54594604/783119 – LazyOne Jan 11 '23 at 19:31
nope, found that answer as well and tried but no success – Tim Reynaert Jan 12 '23 at 08:27
What do `which pecl` and `which php` show? (Or the OSX equivalent if `which` doesn't exist) – Derick Jan 12 '23 at 12:18

PECL fails to install Xdebug on PHP 8.1 because it thinks I'm on PHP version 7.4

0 Answers0