PHP 8.2 as the default PHP on the command line

alexxus

I would like to use the php82 as my default php command on the command line.

I have done the following, like described in the documentation:
mkdir -p ~/bin
ln -s /usr/local/bin/php82 ~/bin/php

Now I have a bin folder in my home directory and a soft link named php inside of it, which is pointing to /usr/local/bin/php82.

But if I execute php -v on the command line, it still shows php version 7.3.32.

I tried to logout and login into ssh, but it's still the same.

What am I doing wrong? Is the path /usr/local/bin/php82right?

admin

Hello,
you need to add "~/bin" directory to the PATH in the .bash_profile. Commands:

echo 'export PATH=$HOME/bin:$PATH' >> $HOME/.bash_profile
source $HOME/.bash_profile

alexxus

admin Thanks for the reply. Your answer is actually only a workaround, not the fix for the problem. I'll explain why.

When I log in using SSH (without a customized bash_profile) and execute echo $PATH, I can see, that the ~/bin directory is already included in the PATH variable, BUT it's at the end of the PATH. It should be at the beginning to be able to override system settings.

Following your suggestion results in a PATH, which contains ~/bin at the beginning AND also at the end of the PATH variable, which kinda works, but it's actually pretty messy ...

It should be fixed at the server side

admin

alexxus bash/sh would use the first matching file so it doesn't scan next directories.
But to fix it you can simply edit your ~/.bash_profile file and remove redundant paths.