{"id":716,"date":"2021-03-16T18:50:06","date_gmt":"2021-03-16T12:50:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mellowhost.com\/blog\/?p=716"},"modified":"2021-03-16T18:50:06","modified_gmt":"2021-03-16T12:50:06","slug":"how-to-run-composer-with-different-php-versions-in-cpanel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mellowhost.com\/blog\/how-to-run-composer-with-different-php-versions-in-cpanel.html","title":{"rendered":"How to run composer with different PHP versions in Cpanel?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Question:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

When we try to run a composer command, like update, we usually do the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

composer update<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Cpanel has multiple PHP binaries, but in this case, we are unable to select a specific PHP binary to use, instead we have to run it with the default one, how to run composer update with a different php binary in cpanel?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Solution<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
composer binary file, is a phar file. PHAR is necessarily a PHP Archive and usually automatically detect the running php. But as it is essentially written in php, you may explicitly run it with a different php binary, if you want. To run composer with different php binary, first, you need to find the location of composer. You may do so, using the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
root@mirage [~]# which composer\n\/opt\/cpanel\/composer\/bin\/composer<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Cpanel different php binaries are available under the following kind of directory:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\/opt\/cpanel\/ea-phpXX\/usr\/bin\/php<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
XX is the version number of PHP. So for example if you need to use PHP 7.4, you would need to run using the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\/opt\/cpanel\/ea-php74\/usr\/bin\/php<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Now, to run composer update along with PHP 7.4 binary, you may do something like the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\/opt\/cpanel\/ea-php74\/usr\/bin\/php \/opt\/cpanel\/composer\/bin\/composer update<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
First, make sure you are in the directory where you want to install laravel, for example, something like the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
cd \/home\/username\/public_html<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Then, you may run the above command:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\/opt\/cpanel\/ea-php74\/usr\/bin\/php \/opt\/cpanel\/composer\/bin\/composer update\nor in case, you want to to install\n\/opt\/cpanel\/ea-php74\/usr\/bin\/php \/opt\/cpanel\/composer\/bin\/composer install\nor may be, you wan to run update with no-scripts\n\/opt\/cpanel\/ea-php74\/usr\/bin\/php \/opt\/cpanel\/composer\/bin\/composer update --no-scripts<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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