Install PHP & MySQL in MacOS

Step 1) Install Brew

Ref: https://brew.sh/

/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"

Step 2) Install PHP

brew install php

To install a specific version

brew install php@8.1

To make a specific php version as default:

brew link --overwrite --force php@8.1

Step 3) Install PHP Extensions

brew tap shivammathur/php

brew tap shivammathur/extensions

Eg: Install imap

brew install imap@8.1

To verify run:

php -m

Step 4) Install Composer

brew install composer

Step 5) Install Laravel Valet

Ref: https://laravel.com/docs/10.x/valet

composer global require laravel/valet

valet install

To change the default version of valet:

valet use php@8.1

To verify:

valet php -v

To install composer packages in a project root directory, run

valet composer install

then run

valet link

Now, you can visit: http://<project-directory>.test, it should render default page.

Step 6) MySql Database

Install DBngin from https://dbngin.com/

Step 7) Install PhpMyAdmin

• Download https://www.phpmyadmin.net/downloads/
• Unzip and setup site using Laravel Valet
• Open config.inc.php
• Update following:

$cfg['blowfish_secret'] = ''; //some random key
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['auth_type'] = 'cookie';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['host'] = '127.0.0.1';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['AllowNoPassword'] = true;

Try to open and login.

Or you can also install https://apps.apple.com/us/app/sequel-ace/id1518036000?mt=12