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[…] We recommend servers running version 7.4 or greater of PHP and MySQL version 5.7 OR MariaDB version 10.2 or greater. Requirements, emphasis mine Note that I use Homebrew to manage all of my packages and use Laravel Valet, WordPress, MariaDB, and PHP along with wp-cli. I’ll more on this in an upcoming post. I’ve been talking with a few people on Twitter about it and it turned into a fun discussion. Anyway, if you’ve followed any of this – or even if not and you’re experiencing this – then here’s a resolution for you. Fix WordPress, PHP, MariaDB, and Homebrew First, note that you cannot use WordPress and PHP 8. The truth is, PHP 7.4.27 is the most recent compatible version in my experience that works with WordPress. Homebrew It’s almost the most recent version that’s not deprecated in the Homebrew Formulae. 🤷🏻‍♂️ Anyway, the first thing to do is to make sure that you when you install PHP and if you’re doing so with Homebrew, you do the following: $ brew install php@7.4 $ brew link –force –overwrite php@7.4 This will make sure that you’ve installed the most recent version while symlink’ing it properly so your using it on your system. Symlinks Next, you need to update the environment paths: $ echo ‘export PATH=”/opt/homebrew/opt/php@7.4/bin:$PATH”‘ >> ~/.zshrc $ echo ‘export PATH=”/opt/homebrew/opt/php@7.4/sbin:$PATH”‘ >> ~/.zshrc $ source ~/.zshrc This makes sure the PHP 7.4 binaries are accessible in your shell and reloads the current terminal session with the new version. You […]