php: command not found on MAC

On MAC if you are running the php command in the terminal and getting the php: command not found then you can try the following steps to solve that:

zshrc

Open the .zshrc file by running the following command:

nano ~/.zshrc

Do the following steps in that file:

  1. Paste the export PATH=”/opt/homebrew/opt/php@7.4/bin:$PATH” line in that end of that file.
  2. Hit CTRL + O
  3. Hit CTRL + Enter Key
  4. Hit CTRL + X

Close the terminal and restart it to test php command now.

bashrc

Open the .bashrc file by running the following command:

nano ~/.bashrc

Do the following steps in that file:

  1. Paste the export PATH=”/opt/homebrew/opt/php@7.4/bin:$PATH” line in that file.
  2. Hit CTRL + O
  3. Hit CTRL + Enter Key
  4. Hit CTRL + X

Close the terminal and restart it to test php command now.

bash_profile

Open the .bash_profile file by running the following command:

nano ~/.bash_profile

Do the following steps in that file:

  1. Paste the export PATH=”/opt/homebrew/opt/php@7.4/bin:$PATH” line in that end of that file.
  2. Hit CTRL + O
  3. Hit CTRL + Enter Key
  4. Hit CTRL + X

Close the terminal and restart it to test php command now.

php command should work now and php-v will give you the following output

php -v

PHP 7.4.29 (cli) (built: Apr 14 2022 11:36:10) ( NTS )