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If i'm not wrong, you have to run "vagrant provision" first when you make such changes
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May 22, 2019
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How to change PHP version in homestead
After doing the vagrant up, when I check the php version :
php -v
PHP 7.3.2 (cli) (built: Feb 5 2019 23:16:38) ( ZTS MSVC15 (Visual C++ 2017) x86 )
Copyright (c) 1997-2018 The PHP Group
Zend Engine v3.3.2, Copyright (c) 1998-2018 Zend Technologies
Homestead.yaml:
ip: 192.168.10.10
memory: 2048
cpus: 1
provider: virtualbox
authorize: ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub
keys:
- ~/.ssh/id_rsa
folders:
-
map: 'C:\Users\mabdella\Codes\HighAxions'
to: /home/vagrant/code
sites:
-
map: highaction.test
to: /home/vagrant/code/public
php: "5.6"
databases:
- homestead
name: highaxions
hostname: highaxions
As you can see event the php version value is 5.6 I still have that problem !
Level 51
Connect to homestead with ssh
vagrant ssh
and write command bellow
php56
if you want php 7.3 again write this command
php73
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Looks great!
Level 67
Almost what @tomopongrac said. It's in the docs: https://laravel.com/docs/5.8/homestead#multiple-php-versions
There are multiple versions of php installed. When specifying the version in the homestead.yaml file, that makes it so when you access the site via a browser, it is being executed as that php version (5.6 in your case). That does not instruct it to use php 5.6 on the cli, so when you check the version with php -v, it will give the systemwide version. If you want to access other versions via the cli, you have to use their proper names in shell instead of just php {command}, like php5.6 {command}
system wide version
vagrant@homestead:~$ php -v
PHP 7.3.4-1+ubuntu18.04.1+deb.sury.org+3 (cli) (built: Apr 10 2019 10:51:11) ( NTS )
Copyright (c) 1997-2018 The PHP Group
Zend Engine v3.3.4, Copyright (c) 1998-2018 Zend Technologies
with Zend OPcache v7.3.4-1+ubuntu18.04.1+deb.sury.org+3, Copyright (c) 1999-2018, by Zend Technologies
with blackfire v1.24.4~linux-x64-non_zts73, https://blackfire.io, by Blackfire
specific version (7.1)
vagrant@homestead:~$ php7.1 -v
PHP 7.1.28-1+ubuntu18.04.1+deb.sury.org+3 (cli) (built: Apr 10 2019 10:50:29) ( NTS )
Copyright (c) 1997-2018 The PHP Group
Zend Engine v3.1.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2018 Zend Technologies
with Zend OPcache v7.1.28-1+ubuntu18.04.1+deb.sury.org+3, Copyright (c) 1999-2018, by Zend Technologies
with blackfire v1.24.4~linux-x64-non_zts71, https://blackfire.io, by Blackfire
Don't forget to run vagrant reload --provision after you make changes to your homestead.yaml file.
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If you want the entire homestead to run with different version of php try following
sudo update-alternatives --config php
more details at https://stackoverflow.com/questions/47849825/downgrade-laravel-homestead-v7-0-1-with-php-7-2-to-php-7-1
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This actually fixed. Saved my day. Thanks
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@omniware Thank you! Ive been running around like crazy trying to change this! Its nowonder im going bald!
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vagrant ssh
php56
This will change php CLI version, but not php FPM version. So, if you run php -v you'll see it's showing version 5.6. However, when you write phpinfo() under your app and run from browser you'll get version 7.3.
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Thank you so much, mate. You are my lifesaver! :)))
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