how to update native php 5.3 mac installation with installed brew php 5.4 installation?

Question

I am trying to work on laravel framework, i got an error for which i needed php5.4+. earlier i had installed php, apache and mysql somehow which came with mac.

when i check the versions i get as below:

$ /usr/local/Cellar/php54/5.4.19/bin/php -v
PHP 5.4.19 (cli) (built: Sep 17 2013 21:14:22) (DEBUG)
Copyright (c) 1997-2013 The PHP Group
Zend Engine v2.4.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2013 Zend Technologies

$ php -v
PHP 5.3.15 with Suhosin-Patch (cli) (built: Aug 24 2012 17:45:44) 
Copyright (c) 1997-2012 The PHP Group
Zend Engine v2.3.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2012 Zend Technologies

right now php5.3 gets displed on phpinfo(), how to make apache use php5.4?

Answer 1

if which php still gives /usr/bin/php , add this line to the end of your ~/.bashrc (or ~/.zshrc if you use ZSH)

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

Also see https://github.com/josegonzalez/homebrew-php#installing-multiple-versions

EDIT For Apache

LoadModule php5_module /usr/local/opt/php54/libexec/apache2/libphp5.so

Answer 2

php5.3, php5.4, php5.5 http://php-osx.liip.ch/

PHP 5.5 http://mac.tutsplus.com/tutorials/server/upgrading-the-native-php-installation-on-os-x-mountain-lion/