I moved to mac os x and i set up the vhost for my laravel project but when i run it tell me Mcrypt PHP extension required. So i used this tuto http://coolestguidesontheplanet.com/install-mcrypt-php-mac-osx-10-10-yosemite-development-server/ and in stalled a new version of php 5.6.11 with mcrypt on it but when i try phpinfo() in a web page it still show me php 5.5.20 version and mcrypt is not running so how do i use my new in stalled version of php to run my project?
You may have two versions of php installed on your Mac. Use the command below to see the current version.
$ php -v
Solution 1
You can change the version by edit the configure file of apache.
vim /etc/apache2/httpd.conf
find
LoadModule php5_module and change the 'so' to your new php56 you installed.
Solution 2
I recommend you use Homebrew to manage your packages on Mac. (Homebrew: http://brew.sh/)
And this is how to install php56 after installed Homebrew:
install php: $ brew install php56
install mcrypt extension: $ brew install php56-mcrypt