Global default is 8.4. I want 8.5 on a new shop and 8.2 on a client legacy site. In Docker that is two containers and pain. Can Native run several FPM processes, like Herd?
How do I pin PHP 8.5 on one site and 8.2 on another?
Yes. Native runs several PHP versions at once: one php-fpm per installed version; nginx routes each site to its pin. You do not spawn containers just to mix 8.2 and 8.5.
- Settings → Runtime — install 8.2 and 8.5 if artifacts are missing.
- PHP tab — stack default + Apply.
- On the project card — version, or
macstack projects php --name shop --version 8.5.
If the pin is not installed yet, it is kept, the site falls back to a routable version, and sync warns.
Docker: changing default PHP may rebuild the web image (minutes the first time). Homebrew and /usr/bin/php are left alone: php -v in Terminal ≠ the site PHP.
One pinned site is Free. Two clients on different majors at once is Pro.
Help: /help/php-versions.