[Bug]: find-usable-php.php does not get automatically updated after installing php 8.3

[ghost]

Operating system version

macOS Sonoma 14.2.1

System architecture

ARM64 (M1, M2, etc)

Herd Version

1.3.1 (Build: 18)

PHP Version

PHP 8.3.0

Bug description

After installing PHP8.3 find-usable-php.php does not get updated. Ergo it can not find the right version of PHP.

I don't know if it is a bug or by design since the problem only arose after I removed PHP 8.2

After finding this I think the desired behavior would be that Herd automatically updates find-usable-php.php so it can find 8.3 even if the user removes any other version of PHP.

As follows: (which I added manually to get it back to work)

<?php

$minimumPhpVersion = '8.0';

// First, check if the system's linked "php" is 8+; if so, return that. This
// is the most likely, most ideal, and fastest possible case
$linkedPhpVersion = shell_exec('php -r "echo phpversion();"');

if (version_compare($linkedPhpVersion, $minimumPhpVersion) >= 0) {
    if (file_exists($_SERVER['HOME'].'/Library/Application Support/Herd/bin/php83')) {
        echo $_SERVER['HOME'].'/Library/Application Support/Herd/bin/php83';
    } elseif (file_exists($_SERVER['HOME'].'/Library/Application Support/Herd/bin/php82')) {
        echo $_SERVER['HOME'].'/Library/Application Support/Herd/bin/php82';
    } elseif (file_exists($_SERVER['HOME'].'/Library/Application Support/Herd/bin/php81')) {
        echo $_SERVER['HOME'].'/Library/Application Support/Herd/bin/php81';
    } elseif (file_exists($_SERVER['HOME'].'/Library/Application Support/Herd/bin/php80')) {
        echo $_SERVER['HOME'].'/Library/Application Support/Herd/bin/php80';
    }

    return;
}

echo $_SERVER['HOME'].'/Library/Application Support/Herd/bin/php83';

Kind regards,
RL

Steps to reproduce

1. Install PHP 8.3 using the herd interface
2. Update all your sites to use 8.3 instead 8.2
3. Remove PHP 8.2 by manually removing the executables from ~/Library/Application Support/Herd/bin
   and also The config files for 8.2 from ~/Library/Application Support/Herd/config/fmp and ~/Library/Application Support/Herd/config/php
4. Restart Herd so now it only uses 8.3 and fpm 8.3
5. Open your terminal and try to run herd.

Relevant log output

❯ herd
Error finding executable PHP. Quitting for safety.
Provided output from find-usable-php.php:

[kurucu]

And there's me thinking this is just me. Any risks with editing find-usable-php.php, or will it be overwritten on the next update?

[mpociot]

You can manually fix it by now. The new version with the fix will be available in one week 🙂

[kurucu]

The manual fix works wonders. Thanks guys.

[williamtcastro]

For me the file rewrites back to 8.2 after restarting herd.

[sschlein]

1.4. with a fix was released yesterday :)

[MouhamedMokkhtar]

1.4. with a fix was released yesterday :)

now it doesn't support 7.4 !!

[mpociot]

It didn't support PHP 7.4 before. This file gets used to find a usable PHP version for the Herd CLI, which requires 8.0 at least.

[nathandaly]

1.4. with a fix was released yesterday :)

@sschlein Not so sure about that 😛

Currently at LaraconEU trying it out.

I'm also on Sonoma 14.2.1 (23C71).

Noticed I don't have a php{version} folder in the specified bin path.

The Herd process is running but no UI.

[otherperspectives]

I am also having this issue with Herd 1.5 for 8.3 PHP when I use "herd restart"

[amiralidev]

Navigate to the bin path of the "herd" folder within Application Support. Then, use the ls -la command to identify which version of PHP is linked to the "php" file.

If that version of PHP is missing, install it. This should resolve the issue I encountered where PHP was missing after installation.

[legecha]

Sorry for commenting on an old issue, however I came here directly from Google and I thought it might be worth putting it here for anyone else coming, as well as you guys in case you want to add a safeguard.

Installed fresh just now (M4 MacBook) and I installed 8.4, and got rid of 8.3 as I thought I might as well just have the version I'm using.

However, none of the command line stuff worked. I checked find-usuable-php.php and it appears it only looks for 83, 82, 81 and 80 - so at least one of these is required for everything to work.

The herd command then uses 8.3, however composer, php, etc will use 8.4. I presume that's not going to cause any issues?