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Question

I\'m trying to connect to my MySQL DB with the Terminal on my Apple (With PHP).

Yesterday it worked fine, and now I suddenly get the error in the title.

The

Answer 1

You can do it by simply aliasing the MAMP php on Apple terminal:

alias phpmamp='/Applications/MAMP/bin/php/php7.0.0/bin/php'

Example: > phpmamp - v

Now you can run something like: > phpmamp scriptname.php

Note: This will be applied only for the current terminal session.