**Run the following Homebrew commands to install PHP and MySQL:** brew update brew install php56 brew install mysql mysql.server start **Then test and configure PHP:** `/usr/local/Cellar/php56/5.6.0/bin/php --version` (should yield `PHP 5.6.0 (cli)`) edit `~/.config/fish/fish.config` or `~/.bash_profile` add the line `alias php='/usr/local/Cellar/php56/5.6.0/bin/php'` `php --version` (should yield `PHP 5.6.0 (cli)`)