Running php artisan serve command with different php versions

Question

I have a Laravel 5.6 Project which is running with PHP Version 7.10 and another Laravel 7.x project with PHP version 7.4. I defined the PHP path in Windows 10 Environment Variable and every time I have to change the PHP Environment Variable to run each project.

any solution to prevent from this redundant work?

Answer 1

For Windows:

to run different projects with its required PHP version you can include the required PHP path before writing artisan serve:

C:\wamp64\bin\php\php7.0.33\php.exe artisan serve --host=127.0.0.1 --port=8000

C:\wamp64\bin\php\php7.4.9\php.exe artisan serve --host=127.0.0.1 --port=8500

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For Linux (Ubuntu):

/usr/bin/php8.0 artisan serve --host=127.0.0.1 --port=8000