osx - How to enable the php 5.4.x version on Mountain Lion

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2014-03
  • skiabox

    I have installed the latest php version on my mountain lion system using these instructions (http://mac.tutsplus.com/tutorials/server/upgrading-the-native-php-installation-on-os-x-mountain-lion/). I even put /usr/local/bin first in my path variable, so when I run php -v at the command line I get php v5.4.x The problem is that when I run a simple script (with the phpinfo() function inside) the page tells me that I am running the old 5.3.x php version that comes pre-installed with mac os mountain lion. I even tried to restart apache, but the problem remains. Any ideas on this one? Thank you.

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  • Tivie

    That tutorial you followed is a bit dangerous. It seems it tells you to replace the default X11 with a new one, which is a really bad unnecessary idea.

    Where did you change your local variable? If you used .profile or .bash_profile it is only valid for your user. To affect all users you need to change /etc/paths. But I don't think it has anything to do with the PATH var.

    Regarding your question, this means Apache is not loading the correct PHP module. (libphp5.so)

    Check the creation date of /usr/libexec/apache2/libphp5.so

    If it predates your build time, then it was not replaced.

    1. First turn off Apache (either in Settings or by running sudo apachectl stop in the console).

    2. Then rename /usr/libexec/apache2/libphp5.so -->sudo mv /usr/libexec/apache2/libphp5.so /usr/libexec/apache2/libphp5.so.bak

    3. Then go to the source dir and run make install. (if you have deleted the directory, the makefile or ran make clean you will need to start the compilation process again)

    4. Then check if libphp5.so exists at /usr/libexec/apache2/. If it does not exist, then your compilation parameters are wrong. If it does, go to step 5.

    5. Rename the new /usr/libexec/apache2/libphp5.so to libphp5.4.8.so (or the version you're installing).

    6. Backup httpd.conf --> sudo cp /usr/libexec/apache2/httpd.conf /usr/libexec/apache2/httpd.conf.bak

    7. Edit httpd.conf --> sudo nano /usr/libexec/apache2/httpd.conf and change LoadModule php5_module libexec/apache2/libphp5.so to LoadModule php5_module libexec/apache2/libphp5.4.8.so

    8. Put the old libphp5.so back. --> sudo mv /usr/libexec/apache2/libphp5.so.bak /usr/libexec/apache2/libphp5.so

    9. Restart apache (in settings or with sudo apachectl start)

    Let me know if it worked for you


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    OSX installing php 5.4
  • Questioner

    I downloaded Macports and run a command I get online, which would install php 5.4. It took a while, but seemed to work successfully. I then copied the php.ini.development and renamed it php.ini like suggested my Mac Ports, however when I type php -v in terminal I still see 5.3

    What steps have I missed, what do I need to do to get it to use the php 5.4 :S


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  • emcconville

    Macports should updated your $PATH automatically. You can verify this by typing the following in your terminal window

    ~> which php
/opt/local/bin/php

    If the path returned from which php is /usr/bin/php you'll need to updated your terminal session, by resetting system path

    ~> source ~/.profile

    Try the which php again. If /usr/bin/php is still returned, add the following line to ~/.profile file

    export PATH=/opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin:$PATH
  • Jerry Seeger

    to invoke your macports php 5.4 install from the command line, use php54, e.g.:

    php54 -v