Set up PHP 7.2 on macOS Mojave (with homebrew)
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To check the version of PHP in the terminal, type the following command:

```
php -v

```

or can see what versions of PHP are installed with

```
brew list | grep php

```

Maybe it's worth cleaning up some of the old packages from brew. It's up to you.

Make sure brew is up to date:

```
brew update
brew upgrade

```

Let's finally install 7.2 version of PHP

```
brew install php@7.2

```

If you need to have this version of PHP first in your `PATH` run the following command:

```
echo 'export PATH="/usr/local/opt/php@7.2/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.bash_profile
echo 'export PATH="/usr/local/opt/php@7.2/sbin:$PATH"' >> ~/.bash_profile
source ~/.bash_profile

```

And the result?

```
php --version

```

Where is a php.ini file?

Your .ini file is located in `/usr/local/etc/php/7.2/php.ini`. To check just type

```
php --ini

```

How to install extensions?

PHP extensions have been removed and now should be installed from `PECL`:

```
pecl install xdebug
```