{"id":4255,"date":"2026-02-07T06:50:52","date_gmt":"2026-02-07T06:50:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.devopsconsulting.in\/blog\/?p=4255"},"modified":"2026-02-07T06:51:29","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T06:51:29","slug":"set-xampp-php-as-default-using-vi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.devopsconsulting.in\/blog\/set-xampp-php-as-default-using-vi\/","title":{"rendered":"Set XAMPP PHP as default using vi"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>\u2705 Set XAMPP PHP as default using vi<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1\ufe0f\u20e3 Open your shell config with <strong>vi<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>For bash (most common):<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>vi ~\/.bashrc\n<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>For zsh:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>vi ~\/.zshrc\n<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2\ufe0f\u20e3 Edit the file in <strong>vi<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Press <strong><code>i<\/code><\/strong> \u2192 enter <strong>INSERT<\/strong> mode<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Go to the <strong>bottom of the file<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Add this line:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>export PATH=\/opt\/lampp\/bin:$PATH\n<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">3\ufe0f\u20e3 Save and exit <strong>vi<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Press <strong><code>Esc<\/code><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Type:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>:wq\n<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Press <strong>Enter<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">4\ufe0f\u20e3 Reload the config<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>source ~\/.bashrc\n# or\nsource ~\/.zshrc\n<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">5\ufe0f\u20e3 Verify \u2705<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>which php\nphp -v\n<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>Expected output:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>\/opt\/lampp\/bin\/php\n<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83d\udd01 Temporary (current terminal only)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>export PATH=\/opt\/lampp\/bin:$PATH\n<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83d\udd0d Debug if it still shows <code>\/usr\/bin\/php<\/code><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>type -a php\necho $PATH\n<\/code><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2705 Set XAMPP PHP as default using vi 1\ufe0f\u20e3 Open your shell config with vi For bash (most common): For [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4255","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.7 - 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