Warning: Due to Homebrew/php
tap being deprecated at the end of March 2018, and the moving of all PHP formulas to Homebrew/core
, the installation of PHP versions we currently use is going to change. Currently PHP 7.2
is available in the core, but we are waiting on previous versions to be made available and will update this guide as soon as we can. Thanks!
Note: This is an updated version of our prior OS X development series. The newly released macOS 10.13 High Sierra and the accompanying updates to Brew require significant changes compared to prior releases, necessitating a thorough revamp in the process. Since 10.12 we now use Homebrew's Apache, rather than the built-in version, but this new appraoch is more flexible and should continue to work on prior OS X versions.
Developing web applications on macOS is a real joy. There are plenty of options for setting up your develop