Editing Integration of CodeRunner with MAMP (section)

== Summary of the Flow ==

# CodeRunner first replaces <code>$filename</code> with the actual file path as plain text (a pure string substitution that happens before the command reaches the shell).
# The resulting full string is passed to <code>/bin/sh -c</code> for execution.
# The shell runs <code>ls | sort -V | tail -1</code> to dynamically scan for the newest installed MAMP php executable path, storing it in the <code>php</code> variable.
# That path is used to run your php file, with the file path passed as an argument.

'''The advantage''': it doesn't depend on <code>which</code>, aliases, or <code>$PATH</code> at all — because CodeRunner's execution environment doesn't load shell config files like <code>.zshrc</code> (where aliases are defined), scanning the filesystem directly for the path is the most reliable approach. And future MAMP php version upgrades won't require manually updating this setting again.

[[Category: Programming]]
[[Category: PHP]]
[[Category: Revised with LLMs]]