How to upgrade to PHP 8 with Homebrew on Mac

[seyedrezabazyar]

**I want to upgrade to PHP 8 with Homebrew on Mac (macOS Big Sur Version: 11.2 )

But there is a problem!**

MyUser@MacBook-Pro ~ % php -v
WARNING: PHP is not recommended
PHP is included in macOS for compatibility with legacy software.
Future versions of macOS will not include PHP.
PHP 7.3.24-(to be removed in future macOS) (cli) (built: Dec 21 2020 21:33:25) ( NTS )
Copyright (c) 1997-2018 The PHP Group
Zend Engine v3.3.24, Copyright (c) 1998-2018 Zend Technologies
MyUser@MacBook-Pro ~ % brew install shivammathur/php/[email protected]
Warning: shivammathur/php/php 8.0.2 is already installed, it's just not linked.
To link this version, run:
brew link php
MyUser@MacBook-Pro ~ % brew link --overwrite --force [email protected]
Error: Formulae found in multiple taps:
* shivammathur/php/[email protected]
* exolnet/deprecated/[email protected]

Please use the fully-qualified name (e.g. shivammathur/php/[email protected]) to refer to the formula.

How to solve this problem?

[gromgit]

MyUser@MacBook-Pro ~ % brew install shivammathur/php/[email protected]
Warning: shivammathur/php/php 8.0.2 is already installed, it's just not linked.
To link this version, run:
brew link php

Have you tried running that command on the last line?

[gromgit]

Now brew link php again.

[seyedrezabazyar]

@gromgit

seyedrezabazyar@MacBook-Pro ~ % brew link php
Linking /usr/local/Cellar/php/8.0.2... 147 symlinks created.

[gromgit]

Now run php -v.

[seyedrezabazyar]

@gromgit Yeeeees. Thanks :) you are the best. saving angel

seyedrezabazyar@MacBook-Pro ~ % php -v
PHP 8.0.2 (cli) (built: Feb 4 2021 18:10:29) ( NTS )
Copyright (c) The PHP Group
Zend Engine v4.0.2, Copyright (c) Zend Technologies

[gromgit]

Credit due to @SMillerDev for identifying the underlying issue.