Installing PHP 5.4 and 5.3 side by side on Max OSX via MacPorts

php54_php53_pear_macports.markdown

##Given Apache 2 and MySQL are already installed.

#Update MacPorts sudo port selfupdate;sudo port -u upgrade outdated

#Install PHP 5.4.* sudo port install php54 php54-apache2handler ##Activate Apache Module cd /opt/local/apache2/modules sudo /opt/local/apache2/bin/apxs -a -e -n php5 mod_php54.so ##Install your needed extensions sudo port install php54-curl php54-ftp php54-iconv php54-mbstring php54-mcrypt php54-mysql php54-openssl php54-soap php54-sqlite php54-xsl php54-zip php54-xdebug php54-mongo #Install PHP 5.3.* sudo port install php53 php53-apache2handler ##Install your needed extensions sudo port install php53-curl php53-ftp php53-iconv php53-mbstring php53-mcrypt php53-mysql php53-openssl php53-soap php53-sqlite php53-xsl php53-zip php53-xdebug php53-mongo #Activate PHP 5.4.* sudo port select php php54 #Fall back to PHP 5.3.* when required sudo port select php php53 The current php_select doesn't change the LoadModule directive in your http.conf so you might have to change the version by hand (and restart your Apache). #Install PEAR cd # curl http://pear.php.net/go-pear.phar -o go-pear.phar sudo php go-pear.phar Modify the PEAR install process to your needs; mine were the following:

1. Installation base ($prefix) : /opt/local/lib/php54
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4. Binaries directory          : /opt/local/bin
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##Check the PEAR installation, cleanup and install your favourite packages

pear info pear && rm go-pear.phar
sudo pear config-set auto_discover 1; sudo pear install pear.phpunit.de/PHPUnit
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To get the list of installed ports matching a type of string you should use:
port installed php* (for both php53 and php54)
port installed php53*
port installed php54*

Hi guys, have found your gist yesterday when searching for a possibility to have two php versions with macports. Thanks for the helping instructions. Indeed, the builtin sudo port select php php5x doesn't work as expected, therefore I've written a little shell which changes the httpd.conf file with sed. Hope this helps anybody else: https://gist.github.com/4697397

hi,
I installed this successfully & php -v showing it right.
But from my code, if I do phpinfo(), it's showing me PHP Version 5.3.15.
Any idea how can I fix it?

Thanks

You can try going into /private/etc/apache2 and changing the httpd.conf file that's there so it has the line "LoadModule php5_module /opt/local/apache2/modules/mod_php54.so" somewhere in the list of LoadModule statements.

Thank you! This worked for me.

thx works great, even with php 5.5 just replace php54 with php55