[Idea] Multiple concurrent PHP versions

[atymic]

I have a bunch of different client projects running different versions of PHP. I love valet, it's so much more light weight that docker but the only thing that bugs me is constantly switching php versions.

I was wondering if you would consider a PR that allows you pin a site to specific FPM version (having multiple running concurrently)?

I will take a crack on my fork :)

[jjpmann]

I normally just secure the site with 'valet secure' so I can modify the nginx.conf file. You can use this as an example: #941

I once overloaded valet_support_wildcard_dns function to allow custom domain naming for PHP versions so I could map nginx to those. If interested I can dig up those config changes needed.

Example:
site.test - default
site.php56.test - run php5.6
site.php70.test - run php7.0

[atymic]

Ahh, that's not a bad idea.

I was doing something similar, where you do valet site-use [email protected] and it just create/updates the nginx config to use the correct FPM version (plus making sure the service is running)

[vesper8]

@atymic I love your idea and am also having to switch php versions often and it's very annoying.. specially since there seems to be a bug when switching back to php74 and everytime it has to be reinstalled and it complains that it isn't already installed even though it clearly is

any progress on your fork? @mattstauffer Would love to see this valet site-use feature make it into the core

[yasirmturk]

Can we modify
/usr/local/etc/nginx/valet/valet.conf or ~/.config/valet/Nginx/<site>.text to point all request to php-fpm running inside a docket container while keeping valet/apache on local machine.. this is more relevant when using valet secure
for example fastcgi_pass 127.0.0.1:9000; ???

[BurningDog]

https://dev.to/dyriavin/serving-sites-with-different-php-version-using-laravel-valet-49jl is a pretty helpful guide. I've made a slight addition to have a default php version - 8.1 - and another version available by manually editing the site's nginx config file in ~/.config/valet/Nginx.

Install both versions of php:

brew install [email protected]
brew unlink [email protected]
brew install php

php -v should show php 8. I haven't bothered setting up aliases for the different php versions when used from the command line, I just do:

brew unlink php
brew link [email protected]

This means php 7.4 is now the active php (in my current - and new - terminal tabs). Other open terminal tabs will keep whatever version of php was active there.

Edit /opt/homebrew/etc/php/7.4/php-fpm.d/valet-fpm.conf: change listen = /Users/**user-name**/.config/valet/valet.sock to listen = /Users/**user-name**/.config/valet/valet74.sock

Make sure the [email protected] service is running:

brew services
brew services start [email protected]

Restart valet: valet restart

All served sites will now be php 8. To set a specific site to php 7.4, cd ~/.config/valet/Nginx and edit the site. Find the following line:

fastcgi_pass "unix:/Users/**user-name**/.config/valet/valet.sock";

and change it to

fastcgi_pass "unix:/Users/**user-name**/.config/valet/valet74.sock";

Then restart valet: valet restart.