How can I fix PHP dependency conflicts with Homebrew for Laravel?

[Mia99]

I’m trying to set up a local development environment on my Mac for a Laravel project, but I keep hitting a wall with Homebrew. Every time I run the command to install PHP, I get dependency conflicts that I don’t really understand how to resolve.

[Joshua.G]

I know the feeling. On my Mac the PHP brew formula kept throwing dependency conflicts after an OS update. I ended up pinning a PHP version (php@8.1) and linking it explicitly, then adjusting PATH so that the shell uses that binary. It felt more like a workaround than a real fix, but it got Laravel running.

[Donald.T]

I also tried chasing the dependency graph for hours and just stopped. For a while I used Laravel Sail to avoid local PHP conflicts entirely and spun up a containerized environment.

[Mason82]

Sometimes I wonder if the real issue is not PHP at all but the extensions or OpenSSL version mismatch. I reset a lot of things and still hit the same wall, which made me doubt whether the project needs a different local setup.

[PaulVJ]

Have you seen the exact error message when you run brew install php or brew upgrade? If you can share that, I can remember what helped me move past the same line.