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On 27 Mar 2015, at 23:20, Fred <redacted@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi Rob,

Can you help me update my PHP in my OS X Yosemite ?


On 30 Mar 2015, at 08:01, Rob Allen <rob@akra_bat.com> wrote:

Hi,

I would recommend using Homebrew.

Regards,

Rob...


On 30 Mar 2015, at 14:25, Fred <redacted@gmail.com> wrote:

Everyone says that. Why not use the Tar ball ? Isn't that what's in
the official PHP website ? Why else are they available ? What is this
bias ? Is it legitimate ?


On 30 Mar 2015, at 08:01, Rob Allen <rob@akra_bat.com> wrote:

You can of course build your own from scratch if you want to.

Regards,

Rob...


On 30 Mar 2015, at 14:26, Fred <redacted@gmail.com> wrote:

Well... That's what I was trying to do. Have the latest version. Can you help ?

This is what Terminal says:

Last login: Fri Mar 27 19:07:29 on ttys000
Freds-MacBook-Pro:~ fred$ php -v
PHP 5.5.14 (cli) (built: Sep  9 2014 19:09:25)
Copyright (c) 1997-2014 The PHP Group
Zend Engine v2.5.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2014 Zend Technologies


On 30 Mar 2015, at 14:27, Rob Allen <rob@akra_bat.com> wrote:

As I said, use Homebrew's version.

Regards,

Rob...


On 30 Mar 2015, at 14:28, Fred <redacted@gmail.com> wrote:

What's the command ?


On 30 Mar 2015, at 14:29, Rob Allen <rob@akra_bat.com> wrote:

No idea - you'll have to look it up. I would start at http://brew.sh

Regards,

Rob...


On 30 Mar 2015, at 14:30, Fred <redacted@gmail.com> wrote:

I don't understand Homebrew, so I don't get why I install it ?


On 30 Mar 2015, at 14:31, Rob Allen <rob@akra_bat.com> wrote:

Hi,

Then that'll be your first learning task if you want to use it to install the latest PHP.

Regards,

Rob...


On 30 Mar 2015, at 14:32, Fred <redacted@gmail.com> wrote:

Oh God...


On 30 Mar 2015, at 14:42, Fred <redacted@gmail.com> wrote:

Can I hire you to make me a website ?



On 30 Mar 2015, at 14:43, Fred <redacted@gmail.com> wrote:


How to do I make 5.6 my default version ?

Last login: Fri Mar 27 19:07:29 on ttys000
Freds-MacBook-Pro:~ fred$ php -v
PHP 5.5.14 (cli) (built: Sep  9 2014 19:09:25)
Copyright (c) 1997-2014 The PHP Group
Zend Engine v2.5.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2014 Zend Technologies
Freds-MacBook-Pro:~ fred$ curl -s http://php-osx.liip.ch/install.sh | bash -s 5.6
****
[WARNING]
Detected OS X Yosemite 10.10. As this is quite new, there may be issues still. Your mileage may vary.
****
Get packager.tgz
Unpack packager.tgz
Please type in your password, as we want to install this into /usr/local
Password:
Start packager (may take some time)
downloading http://php-osx.liip.ch/install/5.6-10.10-frontenddev-latest.dat
downloading http://php-osx.liip.ch/install/5.6-10.10/frontenddev/5.6-10.10-frontenddev-5.6.6-20150220-225050.tar.bz2

Installing package 5.6-10.10-frontenddev into root /
Package 5.6-10.10-frontenddev is already installed at version 5.6.6-20150220-225050. You wanted to install version 5.6.6-20150220-225050.
Freds-MacBook-Pro:~ fred$