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Becky Castle
15,294 PointsNeed help installing newest version of PHP
I'm trying to install PHP 5.5.14. When I run "php -v" in my Mac terminal, it shows that this new version is running. However, when I call "phpinfo()" in my php file, it shows that I'm only running PHP version 5.3.13. How do I get my coding software to recognize that I've installed a newer version of PHP?
Thanks!
3 Answers
Petros Sordinas
16,181 PointsYup :) Whatever you're doing on your mac has no impact on your web server.
If your site is on a shared hosting server, it is unlikely you can change the php version. That is controlled by your hosting company (unless they give you some option to do this which I doubt).
What company are you using for hosting your web site?
Petros Sordinas
16,181 PointsBecky,
Are you using MAMP? If I'm not mistaken, MAMP has it's own PHP version installed. When you are serving through the MAMP apache server it will look at the MAMP php installation, not the one you have installed on your Mac.
Becky Castle
15,294 PointsHi Petros,
Thanks for your reply.
No, I'm not using MAMP; I have a website that I use for tinkering. And I use Coda programming software (on a Mac). So every time I save my file in Coda, I flip over to my website to see the live changes. And when I run phpinfo() it shows me that I'm still using the old version of php. (I feel so ignorant about this.)
And what's really weird to me is it's "Configuration File (php.ini) Path" does not actually exist on my Mac, from what I can see in my terminal. Phpinfo() tells me that the Configuration File Path is at "/usr/local/lib/php-5.3.13/lib". But in my terminal, my "local" directory has no "lib" directory. ( There IS a "lib" folder in my terminal but it's located in the SAME directory as the "local" folder (in the "/usr" folder).)
Any enlightenment you can share with me?
Thank you so much! Becky
Petros Sordinas
16,181 PointsHi Becky,
I haven't used Coda, so I don't know how it works. You mentioned you save a file in Coda and then go to the website and see the live changes. Is that website on the web or is it served locally on your Mac?
Becky Castle
15,294 PointsIt's on the web. Any clues? :-)
Becky Castle
15,294 PointsBecky Castle
15,294 PointsPetros,
I do believe you answered my question, Buddy Ol' Pal! (I use fatcow webhosting. And I see that the newest version they allow their users to work in is 5.3. So, I sent a message to their support team. We'll see if anything changes.) Thank you so much! I was so confused.
:-D