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When no homebrew-installed PHP version is found, Valet attempts to install one. The old default was `php71`. This PR changes it to `php`, which will install the latest Homebrew PHP version. The problem with installing an older version is that Homebrew no longer symlinks it automatically. Rewriting Valet to do the symlinking is a little more involved since we should check for "which" version to link, vs other versions installed, etc. Simply changing the default to the primary supported PHP version allows Valet to rely on Homebrew symlinking it properly.
Introduction
Valet is a Laravel development environment for Mac minimalists. No Vagrant, no /etc/hosts file. You can even share your sites publicly using local tunnels. Yeah, we like it too.
Laravel Valet configures your Mac to always run Nginx in the background when your machine starts. Then, using DnsMasq, Valet proxies all requests on the *.test domain to point to sites installed on your local machine.
In other words, a blazing fast Laravel development environment that uses roughly 7mb of RAM. Valet isn't a complete replacement for Vagrant or Homestead, but provides a great alternative if you want flexible basics, prefer extreme speed, or are working on a machine with a limited amount of RAM.
Official Documentation
Documentation for Valet can be found on the Laravel website.
License
Laravel Valet is open-sourced software licensed under the MIT license.