Switch PHP Version in Laravel Valet

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Switch PHP Version in Laravel Valet

For me, the valet use [email protected] command does not work. And so I created this bash function.

Install

I already have PHP versions 7.2, 7.3 and 7.4 installed via Homebrew. Add this function in your .bash_profile or .zshrc file:

# Switch PHP version
switch-php() {
    valet stop
    brew unlink [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]
    brew link --force --overwrite php@$1
    brew services restart php@$1
    composer global update
    rm -f ~/.config/valet/valet.sock
    valet install
}

Then reboot your terminal.

Usage

Switch to PHP 7.4

switch-php 7.4

Switch to PHP 7.3

switch-php 7.3

Switch to PHP 7.2

switch-php 7.2

Version

• macOS Catalina 10.15.6
• Homebrew 2.4.8

Thanks for the tip, it helped!
For Valet Linux:

valet stop
rm -f ~/.valet/valet.sock
sudo update-alternatives --set php /usr/bin/php7.4 (or any version you wanna use)
valet install

rm -f ~/.config/valet/valet.sock
valet use [email protected]

you can use phpmon

brew tap nicoverbruggen/homebrew-cask
brew install --cask phpmon