A commandline utility to aid developers switching php versions easily which are used in console and apache2

install the switch_php file in ~/bin

run chmod +x ~/bin/switch_php

switch_php [version number]

If you run just switch_php you get an overview of which php versions are installed on your system.

$~> switch_php
Please provide a version to switch to. Available versions are
7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 8.0
usage: switch_php [version number]

if you run switch_php with a php version number it will try to switch to that version number

$~> switch_php 7.3
Module php7.2 disabled.
To activate the new configuration, you need to run:
systemctl restart apache2
Considering dependency mpm_prefork for php7.3:
Considering conflict mpm_event for mpm_prefork:
Considering conflict mpm_worker for mpm_prefork:
Module mpm_prefork already enabled
Considering conflict php5 for php7.3:
Enabling module php7.3.
To activate the new configuration, you need to run:
systemctl restart apache2
Restarting apache
update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/php7.3 to provide /usr/bin/php (php) in manual mode

sudo priveleges. It uses sudo to set the correct permissions.