I would like to use MAMP's version of PHP for my local PHP testing and development. I understand that Macs come with a version of PHP installed. I have installed MAMP and everything seems to be going smoothly except error reporting.
In Terminal I have checke which version of PHP my machine is using and it is not the one from MAMP. I have changed MAMP's php.ini files to report all errors. I am not getting any errors in my testing. I am inserting obvious errors to test for.
My questions are: How can I disable or remove the preinstalled version of PHP? How can I set my machine to use only MAMP's version of PHP? Can I test multiple versions of PHP at once? Is it recommended? How can I stay up to date with the latest version of PHP? Is it like normal Software Updates?
-Josh