Can not switch from 7.4 to 8.0 or 8.1 after trying to add 8.1

[lambertbeekhuis]

I am having Big Sur, and I used to be able to switch between php 7.4 and 8.0. Very nice!!!

But... I am stuck on 7.4 only after trying to add 8.1.

Here is what i Idid:

brew update

brew install shivammathur/php/php@8.1

brew link --overwrite --force shivammathur/php/php@8.1

I tried to switch to 7.4 or 8.0, but for I am stuck on PHP 7.4 now, and cannot switch either to 8.0 or 8.1
(yes, I closed and opened the terminal)

During the process somewhere I was asked to update 7.4 to my $PATH, so I did. I was also asked brew unlink x and link, so I did.

I am confused where I am now, and how to get it running again

Currently my $PATH (echo $PATH)is:
/usr/local/opt/php@7.4/sbin:/usr/local/opt/php@7.4/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbinx:/Library/Apple/usr/bin:/sbin

If I do 'brew search php' I find many PHP's:

brew-php-switcher phpstan
php phpunit
php-code-sniffer shivammathur/php/php
php-cs-fixer shivammathur/php/php@5.6 ✔
php-cs-fixer@2 shivammathur/php/php@7.0
php@7.2 shivammathur/php/php@7.1
php@7.3 shivammathur/php/php@7.2
php@7.4 ✔ shivammathur/php/php@7.3
php@8.0 ✔ shivammathur/php/php@7.4 ✔
phpbrew shivammathur/php/php@8.0 ✔
phplint shivammathur/php/php@8.2
phpmd pcp
phpmyadmin pup

(I accidently did

brew reinstall $(brew deps shivammathur/php/php@5.6) shivammathur/php/php@8.0

mixing 5.6 and 8.0 in one command, so maybe this is the reason 5.6 is checked)

I use apache by the way.

How can I add 8.0 and 8.1 to my Big Sur again?

[shivammathur]

Please remove /usr/local/opt/php@7.4/sbin and /usr/local/opt/php@7.4/bin from the PATH. and then run
brew link --overwrite --force shivammathur/php/php@8.1 to switch to PHP 8.1.

When you run brew link for a PHP version it is linked in brew's bin and sbin directories i.e. /usr/local/bin and /usr/local/sbin in your case, so it is not required add specific PHP version binaries to PATH.