etcĪs would should there be any issues with the above should people have a better alternative please let me know. Should this work you should receive a some php version textįor example PHP 8.1.6 (cli). Please make sure that your terminal directory is that of your htdocs or dev site folder To test that it has worked run the following command php -v into terminal Please ensure to update the initial directory to how you have installed it on your mac system Sudo ln -s /Applications/xampp/xamppfiles/bin/php /usr/local/bin/php In order to get the php command to operate as expect need to bind php commands to the xampp bin/php executable. This will enable the composer commands to be executed via the following php command Installing the composer.phar into the following director usr/local/bin/composer Have managed to mimic how it worked particularly on my pc by doing the following. Ended up checking some old linux sources. It is always good to get inspiration after you post a question.

Please note the error still occurs when i try to run the same script command with sudo prefix. Has something changed with Monterey and if so is there anyone who can assist to get Terminal to recongise php commands etc? I double checked my previous install on my pc as well as my old mac and it all works fine. Or if i update composer dependencies within the development IDE in this case PhpStorm it all works fine. Additionally, should i go directly to the htdocs folder and run the same file 'test.php' it works fine. I am finding this very strange since i have installed php via the XAMPP package. php composer update or php test.php i receive the following error. If i try to run any php command and or composer update command eg.

The issue / concern resides when trying to run either php and or composer update commands via terminal.

Followed the instructions per the website and XAMPP has been installed successfully. Hello, I have recently purchase a new mac running monterey and commenced setting up my local installation of XAMPP for Mac (running php 8.1.6).

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