how to upgrade php in mac OSX | compiling from source

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Mac OSX  come with pre-installed php  , but many time you will find that its old version or you want to upgrade for your project specific needs then use this guide to download and install most up to date php in your mac OSX

Test your php installation 
open terminal and type

php --version

you will see something like this



or if you will check with phpinfo function you will see your php installation info

<?php phpinfo()  ?>


phpinfo 

Tested on mac OSX snow leopard and mountain lion ( intel )


Prerequisite knowledge and software for compiling php : 
  • Basic Unix skills (being able to operate "make" and a C compiler)
  • An ANSI C compiler
  • A web server
  • Any module specific components (such as GD, PDF libs, etc.)


Install XCODE and XCODE command lines tools before start compiling



Steps : 
1:  Download PHP source codes 
2 : extract source code 
3 : open terminal and change directory to extracted folder 
4: complie with

install dependencies first 


  • brew install libjpeg
  • brew install pcre
  • brew install libxml2
  • brew install mcrypt
  • brew install openssl 
  • brew install libpng 
now customise and configure php installation according to your need

./configure  \
--prefix=/usr  \
--mandir=/usr/share/man  \
--infodir=/usr/share/info  \
--sysconfdir=/private/etc  \
--with-apxs2=/usr/sbin/apxs  \
--enable-cli  \
--with-config-file-path=/etc  \
--with-libxml-dir=/usr  \
--with-openssl=/usr  \
--with-kerberos=/usr  \
--with-zlib=/usr  \
--enable-bcmath  \
--with-bz2=/usr  \
--enable-calendar  \
--with-curl=/usr  \
--enable-dba  \
--enable-exif  \
--enable-ftp  \
--with-gd  \
--enable-gd-native-ttf  \
--with-icu-dir=/usr  \
--with-iodbc=/usr  \
--with-ldap=/usr  \
--with-ldap-sasl=/usr  \
--with-libedit=/usr  \
--enable-mbstring  \
--enable-mbregex  \
--with-mysql=mysqlnd  \
--with-mysqli=mysqlnd  \
--without-pear  \
--with-pdo-mysql=mysqlnd  \
--with-mysql-sock=/var/mysql/mysql.sock  \
--with-readline=/usr  \
--enable-shmop  \
--with-snmp=/usr  \
--enable-soap  \
--enable-sockets  \
--enable-sysvmsg  \
--enable-sysvsem  \
--enable-sysvshm  \
--with-tidy  \
--enable-wddx  \
--with-xmlrpc  \
--with-iconv-dir=/usr  \
--with-xsl=/usr  \
--enable-zip  \
--with-imap=/usr/local/imap-2007 \
--with-kerberos \
--with-imap-ssl \
--enable-intl \
--with-pcre-regex  \
--with-pgsql=/usr  \
--with-pdo-pgsql=/usr \
--with-freetype-dir=/usr/X11 \
--with-jpeg-dir=/usr  \
--with-png-dir=/usr/X11

Now test and install if all is good


    

  • make test 
    • 

  • sudo make install
    • 
















after installation again type




php --version

















  if above method dont work for you use

 
http://php-osx.liip.ch/





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  1. pixelshadedSeptember 20, 2012 at 11:48 AM
    note that make install by default installs files to the /usr/local folder. If you are like me, the php that came with mac is actually in the /usr directory, not the /usr/local one. In this case, the old version will still be on your system along with the newly installed one. Installing it adds /usr/local/bin to your $PATH, but after /usr/bin, so your system will still be using the old php version. To fix this, simply edit /etc/paths and put /usr/local/bin before /usr/bin.
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  2. Alok YadavSeptember 20, 2012 at 12:15 PM
    or set the directory prefix 
     ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/

    thanks nice info ! @3783c5ef9a033114207a1ccec4c3e9c5:disqus 
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  3. Rob HothNovember 2, 2012 at 12:49 AM
    I am trying to upgrade my php from 5.3.15 to 5.4.8 on Mac OSX 10.8.2.   I've manually download source codes of php 5.4.8 and executed:

         ./configure --prefix=/usr/local
         make
         sudo make install

    I also add "export PATH=/usr/local/bin:$PATH" to my /etc/profile file.   

    After that, php -v shows 5.4.8, while  still shows 5.3.15.  Any ideas on how to get   to point to the new installed php version?
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  4. Alok YadavNovember 2, 2012 at 11:04 AM
    remove old php installation 

    and check terminal start as login shell 
    include php path in .bash_login or bashrc file 
    then quite and start terminal again
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  5. Alok YadavNovember 2, 2012 at 11:05 AM
    or another easy option use brew taps 
    https://github.com/josegonzalez/homebrew-php
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  6. Rob HothNovember 2, 2012 at 11:34 AM
    First of all, thank you for responding.  Much appreciated!Two questions:
    (1) Is the old installation in /usr/bin and the new in /usr/local/bin?
    (2) How do you check the terminal start as login shell?   I am not a UNIX guru.
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  7. Alok YadavNovember 2, 2012 at 11:48 AM
    First :  
    set terminal as login shell 
    if you are using osx default terminal then click on preferences and make sure its checked as default login sheell in startup tab

    open ~/.bash_login in text editor
     export PATH="$HOME/bin:$PATH"
    export PATH="/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:$PATH"

    save and quite terminal and start again 
    second : 
    you can find  about php 

    $php -v 
    $which php
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  8. Rob HothNovember 4, 2012 at 5:14 AM
    Hi Alok,

    *  My terminal was set to default login shell.

    *  I did not have ~/.bash_login file created, so created it has supplied to export PATH information.

    *  Restarted the terminal and also my system.    Same result.   php -v shows 5.4.8, while phpinfo( ) shows 5.3.15. 

    *  "$ which php" has the path "/usr/local/bin/php"

    *  There is another php in /usr/bin/php, which I believe is the original php 5.3.15 that shipped with OSX

    So,
     would you recommend to remove the php in /usr/bin/php?   If so, what is
     the safest method to do so?   OR should I try another method to install
     php?

    - Rob
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  9. Alok YadavNovember 4, 2012 at 8:05 AM
    safest way 

    rename old php and create a symlink of new php 

    $sudo mv /usr/binphp /usr/bin/php.bak 
    $sudo ln -s /usr/local/bin/php /usr/bin/php 

    try that method you can revert back whenever you want just rename again and remove bak extension
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  10. Alok YadavNovember 4, 2012 at 8:07 AM
    or you can .. change bash_login or bash profile 

    and put /usr/local/bin  first then /usr/bin 
    (Y) give a shot
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  11. Rob HothNovember 6, 2012 at 2:05 AM
    Moved /usr/bin/php to /usr/bin/php.bak and created the link.   Still no luck.  phpinfo still shows 5.3.15 and php --version shows 5.4.8 (see attached screen captures).   Also, /usr/local/bin is listed first in bash_login.   Any other ideas?
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  12. Alok YadavNovember 6, 2012 at 3:33 PM
    check Apache is loading newer php5 version module
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  13. Rob HothNovember 9, 2012 at 4:14 AM
    In my httpd.conf file, my load module line is "LoadModule php5_module libexec/apache2/libphp5.so".   Did a search for libphp*.* on my system and I only have one file that matches and it's /usr/libexec/apache2/libphp5.so.
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  14. Rob HothNovember 9, 2012 at 4:15 AM
    My load module line in https.conf is "LoadModule php5_module libexec/apache2/libphp5.so".   Did a search for libphp*.* and only /usr/libexec/apache2/libphp5.so is found.
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  15. Rob HothNovember 9, 2012 at 4:15 AM
    My load module line in https.conf is "LoadModule php5_module libexec/apache2/libphp5.so". Did a search for libphp* and only /usr/libexec/apache2/libphp5.so is found.
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  16. Rob HothNovember 9, 2012 at 4:15 AM
    My load module line in https.conf is "LoadModule php5_module libexec/apache2/libphp5.so". Did a search for libphp*.* and only /usr/libexec/apache2/libphp5.so is found.
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  17. Rob HothNovember 9, 2012 at 4:16 AM
    My load module line in httpd.conf is LoadModule php5_module libexec/apache2/libphp5.so    Only have one file found in /usr/libexec/apache2
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  18. Rob HothNovember 9, 2012 at 4:16 AM
    My load module line in https.conf is "LoadModule php5_module libexec/apache2/libphp5.so". Did a search for libphp*.* and only /usr/libexec/apache2/libphp5.so is found.
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  19. Rob HothNovember 9, 2012 at 4:16 AM
    My httpd.conf line is LoadModule php5_module libexec/apache2/libphp5.so.  I only have one of these in /usr/libexec/apache2
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  20. Rob HothNovember 9, 2012 at 4:20 AM
    My load module in my httpd.conf file is "LoadModule php_module libexec/apache2/libphp5.so".    I did a search for libphp* and only this one file appears in libexec/apache2.   Wouldn't I have two of these files when compiling the new php version?   Hence, point Apache to the new .so version.
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  21. Rob HothNovember 9, 2012 at 4:48 AM
    My httpd.conf file has a load module line as "LoadModule php5_module libexec/apache2/libphp5.so".   Did a search on libphp* and I only have one of these files that matches which is in /libexec/apache2.
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  22. nonamezNovember 9, 2012 at 4:51 AM
    Also the same problem after your manual - 5.4 only in terminal
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  23. Rob HothNovember 9, 2012 at 4:56 AM
    My httpd.conf file has a load module line as "LoadModule php5_module libexec/apache2/libphp5.so".   Did a search on libphp* and I only have one of these files that matches which is in /libexec/apache2.
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  24. Alok YadavNovember 9, 2012 at 6:49 AM
    phpinfo ();

    and 

    $php = PHP_BINDIR;
    echo $php;
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  25. Кирилл ПчёлкинNovember 9, 2012 at 3:05 PM
    As the same problem i also tried and it is a bit strange - PHP_BINDIR = /usr/bin and phpversion() = 5.3.15, but in console 

    192-168-0-100:$ /usr/bin/php -v

    PHP 5.4.8 (cli) (built: Nov  8 2012 09:30:58)
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  26. Alok YadavNovember 9, 2012 at 9:47 PM
    try to remove all php related installed files from every location you can find 
    and try to re-install 

    if dont work for you then simply switch to brew php dupes ( search in google php-dupe brew )
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  27. Кирилл ПчёлкинNovember 10, 2012 at 4:08 AM
    I am afraid that after that I lost php
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  28. Alok YadavNovember 10, 2012 at 3:21 PM
    use brew php taps 
    https://github.com/josegonzalez/homebrew-php 

    because my hdd is corrupted so mac is not booting
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