Shell command to be able to switch between MacOS liip PHP versions + set some default PHP config automatically

liip.sh

#!/bin/sh

# This simple script lists the installed OSX PHP packages
# and lets you choose which one to activate (by changing the symlink).
# Fairly rudimentary, but it does the job (for me).
#
# Install to (*nix): /usr/local/bin/liip.sh
# Run using: sudo liip
#
# Tip: you can add an alias to your ~/.profile
# For example by typing the following lines in your terminal:
# > chmod u+x ~/liip.sh
# > echo "alias liip=\"~/liip.sh\"" >> ~/.profile
# > . ~/.profile
#
# You can find available PHP packages here: (http://php-osx.liip.ch/)

BASEDIR="/usr/local"
PHPVERSIONPREFIX="php5-"
SYMLINKNAME="php5"

printf "Please select a PHP directory:\n"

select PHPDIR in $BASEDIR/$PHPVERSIONPREFIX*/; do test -n "$PHPDIR" && break; echo ">>> Invalid Selection"; done

if [ -L $BASEDIR/$SYMLINKNAME ]; then
    rm $BASEDIR/$SYMLINKNAME
fi

ln -s $PHPDIR $BASEDIR/$SYMLINKNAME

## !!! Custom PHP ini adjustments!
# Place your own edits to config here, doing it here to avoid having to re-do it everytime you install a new version
# Instead just run this script after installing new version and select it again so config is applied, same if you change this.

# 1: Disable imap plugin (by moving ini file to backup), it slows down php startup, noticable on cli
if [ -f $BASEDIR/$SYMLINKNAME/php.d/50-extension-imap.ini ]; then
    mv $BASEDIR/$SYMLINKNAME/php.d/50-extension-imap.ini $BASEDIR/$SYMLINKNAME/php.d/50-extension-imap.ini.bak
fi

# 2: Your own cusotm settings which will overrride others set before, always overwrite the file in case of changes here
cat <<EOT > $BASEDIR/$SYMLINKNAME/php.d/999-my-dev.ini

; Optional: Disable some xdebug features that slows down PHP a lot, but keep it enabled for other features like debugging
xdebug.coverage_enable=off

; Optional: Enable opcache also for CLI
opcache.enable=1

; Increase PHP memory limit, Composer needs it.. (PS: Someone up for improving Composer on memory usage?? => github.com/composer/composer)
memory_limit = 1536M
EOT

php -v

Hi,

Just a tip for who has been fighting to make xdebug breakpoint works with IDE.

The 999-my-dev.ini file provided within this snippet sets xdebug.extend_info to false which disable breakpoints and interaction with your IDE (phpstorm or vscode).

Just to get things back set xdebug.extend_info to true in this ini file.

Hope this helps

ps : my setup : osx - php 7.1/7.2

@lcube45 that is a great point, I'm all for updating this, do you also have other customizations to this you'd recommend should be added?

@andrerom thanks for your feedback, nothing more to say on this snippet which by the way was helpful :)