brew link new php version error

Question

brew link php70 is giving me the following error:

Warning: php@7.0 is keg-only and must be linked with --force
Note that doing so can interfere with building software.
If you need to have this software first in your PATH instead consider running:
  echo 'export PATH="/usr/local/opt/php@7.0/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.bash_profile
  echo 'export PATH="/usr/local/opt/php@7.0/sbin:$PATH"' >> ~/.bash_profile

but in ~/.bash_profiles :

PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/opt/php@7.0/bin
export PATH

please tell me how I can solve it.

thanks.

Answer 1

Add next lines to your ~/.bash_profile file:

export PATH="/usr/local/opt/php@7.0/bin:$PATH"
export PATH="/usr/local/opt/php@7.0/sbin:$PATH"

Or try adding the next lines in ~/.bashrc file

export PATH="/usr/local/opt/php@7.0/bin:$PATH"
export PATH="/usr/local/opt/php@7.0/sbin:$PATH"

Answer 2

I encountered a similar issue too, running the following command from the terminal fixed it.

Please note that this is for PHP@7.2 and I use ZSH shell:

  echo 'export PATH="/usr/local/opt/php@7.2/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.zshrc
  echo 'export PATH="/usr/local/opt/php@7.2/sbin:$PATH"' >> ~/.zshrc

So you would run:

echo 'export PATH="/usr/local/opt/php@7.0/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.bash_profile
echo 'export PATH="/usr/local/opt/php@7.0/sbin:$PATH"' >> ~/.bash_profile

Afterwards, close and reopen your terminal for the changes to take affect.