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Setup PHP and Composer on OSX via Brew

First install Brew on your MAC

  • Setup Brew: ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"
  • brew update
  • brew tap homebrew/dupes
  • brew tap homebrew/php
  • Install PHP 7.0.+ brew install php70
  • Install mcrypt: brew install mcrypt php70-mcrypt
  • Finally, install composer: brew install composer

Now if you run $ php -v, you will get PHP 5.5 or something. This is the default PHP version that is shipped with OSX and cannot be removed. You just need to edit your path to ensure that PHP 7.0 is picked up.

export PATH="$(brew --prefix homebrew/php/php70)/bin:$PATH"

To debug any issue with any package, you can run brew info php70 etc.

Also, if you are getting seemingly unrelated errors, make sure to update bash/zsh: brew upgrade bash and brew upgrade zsh.

If everything is setup correctly, running $ php -v should give you 7.0.+.

@Tjarko-Holtjer
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I think brew upgrade is useful between brew update & brew tap homebrew/dupes.

@Tjarko-Holtjer
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TjarkoPetras-iMac:appy tenp$ brew tap homebrew/dupes
Warning: homebrew/dupes was deprecated. This tap is now empty as all its formulae were migrated.

@Tjarko-Holtjer
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TjarkoPetras-iMac:appy tenp$ brew unlink php71
Unlinking /usr/local/Cellar/php71/7.1.12_23... 17 symlinks removed

Then brew install php72

to upgrade

@Tjarko-Holtjer
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git -C "$(brew --repo homebrew/core)" fetch --unshallow

Download more from homebrew / mac

@cristopher-rodrigues
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It may be necessary configure git buffer: git config --global http.postBuffer 1048576000

@nulllpointer
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Thank you man, it works perfectly.

@dinigo
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dinigo commented Mar 8, 2018

macOS already has a working php installation, so only composer is needed

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dinigo commented Mar 8, 2018

php comes preinstalled in macOS, so in my case it wasn't necessary. I will go with:

ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"
brew tap homebrew/php
brew install composer

@avil13
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avil13 commented Apr 11, 2018

To add php of brew you can use the command

brew services start php

@deepkamal
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PHP is moved to homebrew/core ,
brew tap homebrew/php gives this error
Error: homebrew/php was deprecated. This tap is now empty as all its formulae were migrated.

instead do brew tap homebrew/core

@brysem
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brysem commented Jun 29, 2018

@deepkamal, You can use brew install php@7.0.

@tekpriest
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tekpriest commented Nov 4, 2018

php is updated
to install php7.2
brew install php@7.2

@outbravedigital
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For those unable to get mcrypt to install, try this:

brew install mcrypt php@7.2

@ezequielalba
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ezequielalba commented Dec 4, 2019

brew install mcrypt php@7.2
brew services start php@7.2
brew link php@7.2 --force
php -v --> should give you 7.2 now on terminal if not, close session of term and open a new one (Restart)
brew install mcrypt php@7.2
brew install composer

@abumalick
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Error: homebrew/php was deprecated. This tap is now empty as all its formulae were migrated.

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adibpwd commented Dec 5, 2021

i want to install laravel with composer, but i have error, could not found composer.json, why?
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