hjbdev/pvm

PHP Version Manager for Windows CLI

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MIT ee108cef3a71c51926b0b9e5ab32352770bb9c49

  • Harry Bayliss <harry.woop@hjb.dev>

phpmanagerversionphpvmpvm

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Last update: 2026-03-13 19:32:30 UTC

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Removing the hassle of changing PHP versions in the CLI on Windows.

This package has a much more niche use case than nvm does. When developing on Windows and using the integrated terminal, it's quite difficult to get those terminals to actually listen to PATH changes.

This utility changes that.

Installation

pvm currently supports x64 Windows only.

irm https://pvm.hjb.dev/install.ps1 | iex

You can still install manually by downloading the latest pvm.exe release, placing it in %UserProfile%\.pvm\bin (for example C:\Users\Harry\.pvm\bin), and adding that folder to your PATH.

Commands

pvm list

Will list out all the available PHP versions you have installed

pvm list remote

Will list the PHP versions available for installation.

pvm bin

Will tell you what to put in your Path variable.

pvm use 8.2.9

Note

Versions must have major.minor specified in the use command. If a .patch version is omitted, newest available patch version is chosen.

Will switch your currently active PHP version to PHP 8.2.9

pvm install 8.2

Note

The install command will automatically determine the newest minor/patch versions if they are not specified

Will install PHP 8.2 at the latest patch.

pvm extensions list

Will show regular and Zend extensions for the active PHP version, including whether each extension is enabled, disabled, available in ext, or missing from disk.

pvm extensions enable curl,openssl

Will enable one or more extensions that already have entries in the active version's php.ini.

pvm extensions disable xdebug

Will disable an extension or Zend extension in the active version's php.ini.

Composer support

pvm now installs also composer with each php version installed. It will install Composer latest stable release for PHP >= 7.2 and Composer latest 2.2.x LTS for PHP < 7.2. You'll be able to invoke composer from terminal as it is intended:

composer --version

Build this project

To compile this project use:

bash ./build.sh

To override the embedded version for a release-style local build:

VERSION=1.2.1 bash ./build.sh

GitHub releases are built automatically from pushed tags and publish both pvm.exe and install.ps1 as release assets.