How to use MAMP PHP on macOS big Sur

Question

I updated the to MacOS Big Sur and then switched to MAMP Pro 6.3 from MAMP 4.x.

which php commands results the

usr/php/bin/

I updated the path using following. vim ~/.bash_profile

export PATH=/Applications/MAMP/bin/php/php7.4.12/bin:$PATH export PATH="$HOME/.yarn/bin:$HOME/.config/yarn/global/node_modules/.bin:$PATH"

Press esc and then :wq

source ~/.bash_profile

Now when I do which php it shows MAMP's php7.4.12 but if close and re-open the terminal, it again says

usr/php/bin

Btw, PHP 7.4.12 is set as Default version in MAMP Pro from PHP settings in MAMP Pro.

Versoins

• macOS Big Sur version 11.1
• MAMAP 6.3

Answer 1

Since you're using MAMP PRO 6.x you can enable Activate command line shortcuts for the selected PHP version, pear & pecl within the MAMP PHP settings. This will add aliases to your.profile file. If this does not work right away find the.zshrc file if you have it and add source ~/.profile; within it.

Answer 2

1. • Open a terminal.
2. • edit this file:

nano .zshrc  

3. • add these two lines:

export MAMP_PHP=/Applications/MAMP/bin/php/php7.4.12/bin 
export PATH="$MAMP_PHP:$PATH" 

NOTE: if you want another version, replace php7.4.12 for the version you want.

4. • Save the changes o file and then close the terminal and reopen it.
5. • Now run "which php" and you will see the desire version of Php.