Composer not running good php version MAC-OS

Question

I have 2 Php versions on my MAC

1 - 5.4.40: Installed and configured via MAMP PRO

2 - 8.1: Configured and installed via homebrew.

I stopped the Mamp pro version and I want to work on version 8. From a terminal point of view everything is fine I have my correct version but as soon as I use composer I see that it is attached to version 5.6 even after uninstalling/reinstalling. My composer diagnose write: PHP version: 5.6.40 - Package overridden via config.platform, actual: 8.1.2

I absolutely don't see how to change the default php configuration of composer. Did someone had the same problem?

Answer 1

which php will return you the path of the default php. For example /usr/bin/php .

Check this version /path/to/php -v .

Homebrew install packages under /usr/local/Cellar/

brew info php@YOUR.VERSION will show you the path.

You can run composer with a specific php version /path/to/php/8 /path/to/composer...

Yous can also make aliases to make it easier.