PhpBrew is a builder and installer of different versions of PHP in the current user's home directory. It also knows how to quickly switch the necessary versions of PHP with a single command.

phpbrew also helps you control environment variables - with use and switch commands you can easily switch between PHP versions.

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What phpbrew can do:

  • Build PHP with different extensions (PDO, mysql, sqlite, debug... etc.)
  • Build modules for Apache (each version with a module)
  • Build and install PHP directly to home directory, thus no needing root to run it
  • Switch versions of PHP with simple commands built into bash/zsh shells
  • Install extensions to the current environment
  • Install multiple versions of PHP on the system
Updated Jan. 28, 2019