How to Use Mamp's Version of PHP Instead of the Default on Osx

How to use MAMP's version of PHP instead of the default on OSX

I would not recommend trying to modify the default version of PHP that is called on the command line. Doing so may break other parts of your system as well as provide you with problems in the future, should you decide to upgrade your OS.

There is an alternative that may meet your needs. You can create an alias to your copy of MAMP's php 5.3. In my case I named the alias phpmamp. Open your terminal and type:

alias phpmamp='/Applications/MAMP/bin/php5.3/bin/php'

Now, typing phpmamp at the command line will launch the MAMP php interperter. Verify this by typing:

phpmamp --help

You will most likely want to store this, and any other alias, in a ~/.bash_profile This will allow the aliases to persist across reboots. Otherwise, the alias should only last for the particular terminal session you are in. More information about creating a .bash_profile file can be found here:

http://www.redfinsolutions.com/redfin-blog/creating-bashprofile-your-mac

How to override the path of PHP to use the MAMP path?

Everytime you save MAMP config (PHP section), it saves the current version of PHP on ~/.profile file and creates the alias for php, pear and pecl, to point to the current configured version. (Note: you need to check "Make this version available on the command line" option in MAMP)

However, you need to refresh your terminal (open another session) to get this file refreshed. You can also type source ~/.profile to refesh the aliases manually.

If you want to extract this curerent version in a PHP_VERSION variable - as commented above - for further use, you can do:

export PHP_VERSION=`grep "alias php" ~/.profile | cut -d"/" -f6 | cut -c4-`

And then you'll have $PHP_VERSION available with the current version of MAMP.

Finally, if you want to run your php using the current configured version on mamp, you just need to add to your ~/.bash_profile the following:

export PHP_VERSION=`grep "alias php" ~/.profile | cut -d"/" -f6 | cut -c4-`
export PHPRC="/Library/Application Support/appsolute/MAMP PRO/conf/" #point to your php.ini folder to use the same php settings
export PATH=/Applications/MAMP/bin/php/php$PHP_VERSION/bin:$PATH

Now, even script that relies on /usr/bin/env php will read the correct version from Mamp config.

How to run a PHP script from the command line with MAMP?

Please note that with version 2.0.5 of MAMP, the path has changed. It is now one of the following:

/Applications/MAMP/bin/php/php5.2.17/bin/
/Applications/MAMP/bin/php/php5.3.6/bin/

Therefore the command to add MAMP's php command should probably look like this:

export PATH=/Applications/MAMP/bin/php/php5.2.17/bin/:$PATH

or like this (depending on which version of PHP you want to use):

export PATH=/Applications/MAMP/bin/php/php5.3.6/bin/:$PATH

Use MAMP Pro php.ini instead of OSX php

The MAMP Pro PHP executable should be located in /Applications/MAMP/bin/php/php5.x.x/bin/.

The OSX PHP is located in /usr/bin/php and /usr/bin is in PATH variable by default.

One way to make OSX use MAMP PHP is to add /Applications/MAMP/bin/php/php5.x.x/bin/ to your PATH variable (before /usr/bin):

Simply edit ~/.profile (ie. open Terminal.app, type vim ~/.profile) and add the following line to end of the file:

export PATH=/Applications/MAMP/bin/php/php5.x.x/bin/:$PATH

Note that you should replace xs in php5.x.x with the MAMP Pro PHP version.

Change default Mac OS X PHP to MAMP's PHP Installation on oh-my-zsh

Ok i figured out it - I had to add # before export PATH="/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin"

Where does MAMP keep its php.ini?

Note: If this doesn't help, check below for Ricardo Martins' answer.

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Create a PHP script with <?php phpinfo() ?> in it, run that from your browser, and look for the value Loaded Configuration File. This tells you which php.ini file PHP is using in the context of the web server.

How to align my PHP version on my Mac with the PHP version installed in MAMP during Laravel installation?

I think maybe you're using default php builded on yosemite.

1. Type php --ini in terminal. you'll see information about php.ini file. for exp.
Configuration File (php.ini) Path: /Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/etc
Loaded Configuration File: /Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/etc/php.ini
Scan for additional .ini files in: (none)
Additional .ini files parsed: (none)

   
   
   2. Or type which php and you'll see path of php folder for exp.

   /Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/bin/php

If it's different than MAMP folder (if it's default - /usr/bin/php)
Change it to MAMP folder. To do it you need to change .bash_profile and add the MAMP version of PHP to the PATH variable.
You can edit .bash_profile with vim. Export the path variable with command

export PATH=/Applications/MAMP/bin/php/php[php.version]/bin:$PATH

Finally, check again if php path is correct with commands php --ini or which php

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