How do I upgrade PHP in Mac OS X?

Question

I feel this is an awfully obtuse question to ask, but strangely, this problem is poorly documented.

I would like to upgrade PHP, but there are several problems:

Answer 1

Option #1

As recommended here, this site provides a convenient, up-to-date one liner.

This doesn't overwrite the base version of PHP on your system, but instead installs it cleanly in /usr/local/php5.

Option #2

My preferred method is to just install via Homebrew.