Switcher

About Switcher

Switch between multiple versions of PHP on windows. It basically just modifies the `USER PATH` Environmental Variable for you whenever you want to switch to a different PHP version. It saves all versions in a `database.txt` file in same folder.

Make sure there is no path of any PHP version already added to SYSTEM PATH & USER PATH both Environmental Variables. Because this tool won't ever effect SYSTEM PATH. But it is recommended to keep a backup of USER PATH

Usage:

Just copy and paste switcher.exe file somewhere where you can access it easily.

Recommended: Put it inside a separate folder and add that folder's path to PATH Environmental Variable (So you can access it everywhere)

Switching Versions

1. Add a version to switcher's local database

switcher add --version=74 --path=C:\tools\php74

2. Activate (switch to) the version any time like this (Restart or Open a new terminal to see effects for CLI)

switcher set --version=74

Resetting Versions

You can deactivate all activated versions this way

switcher unset

List Available Versions

You can list all versions available in database

switcher list

Get Help

switcher --help

Build Instructions

If you want to build it then make sure to use -static-libgcc and -static-libstdc++ flags. For example,

g++ switcher.cpp -o switcher -static-libgcc -static-libstdc++