Unable to use php 8.1 after installing using macports, how do I solve this?

Question

I am working on macOS 10.14 Mojave

I am trying to work with Symfony 6.3 which requires PHP version 8.1 and above. so I tried installing with brew install [email protected] but then I had an error with openldap:

inreplace failed /usr/local/etc/openldap/slapd.conf: 

so instead now have to install a new version of my PHP using macports which I have carried out successfully.

Problem is after run

sudo port select --list PHP

I can see php81 (active) but when I run

php-v

I get PHP 7.1.23 (cli). But even then, when I try to run

brew uninstall [email protected]

I get:

No such keg: /usr/local/Cellar/[email protected]

How do I switch to the new version of PHP 8.1 that installed using mac ports?

Answer 1

I have the same problem with openldap, which I solved by manually modifying the 2 files.

In the "/usr/local/etc/openldap/slapd.conf" file, I changed line 17 to "# modulepath /usr/local/Cellar/openldap/2.6.4/libexec/openldap".

In the "/usr/local/etc/openldap/slapd.ldif" file, I changed line 32 to "#olcModulepath: /usr/local/Cellar/openldap/2.6.4/libexec/openldap".

Then the installation/upgrade works