Symfony2 composer.phar not pointing to correct php cli

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When I run 'php53 composer.phar create-project symfony/framework-standard-edition path 2.3.0' I get this error 'Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING in' when using PHP > 5.3 conventions. I suspect that composer.phar is looking for php, instead of utilizing php53. Is there a workaround for making composer find a valid version of PHP?

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Instead of a bash alias, create a symlink to php53 in your ~/bin directory.

For example:

cd ~
ln -s `which php53` ~/bin/php
export PATH=$HOME/bin:$PATH
curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | php53
php53 composer.phar create-project symfony/framework-standard-edition path 2.3.0

Hope that helps!

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answered 20 Aug '13, 19:26

seanf
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edited 21 Aug '13, 12:51

Sean, thanks so much! You saved the day =)

(20 Aug '13, 20:05) quantegy

Thank you for this! I had an alias setup but couldn't run "app/console". Also, I was using Magallanes for deployment and it tries to do something like ssh user@server "sh -c \"app/console cache:clear\"". That would also run the wrong php version

(18 Sep '14, 16:19) mattsnowboard

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You could try to add an alias,

Open an SSH session.
Open $HOME/.bash_profile in a text editor.
On a new line, add alias php=php53
Save and close the file.
Reload $HOME/.bash_profile. Enter source $HOME/.bash_profile and press Enter.

If this fails you would have to edit the script itself.

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answered 07 Aug '13, 17:08

johns
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Sorry, but that didn't work. It produced the same result. The Phar script is compiled so I don't think I can edit it. I'll see if I can.

(07 Aug '13, 17:27) quantegy

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