I keep getting the error: "Git must be installed and in your PATH" when installing PHP - PHP Versions

Andrew
July 20, 2022
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I’m trying to install php on my Mac running Monterey. I try to install it using brew and I get this error: Error: Git must be installed and in your PATH!

I’ve tried brew doctor and brew upgrade and they give the same error. Any help would be great.

Here’s the full code below:

andrews-mbp:OSX-Messages-Exporter-master andrew$ brew install [email protected]
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/version.rb:366:in `initialize': Version value must be a string; got a NilClass () (TypeError)
    from /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/os/mac/version.rb:23:in `initialize'
    from /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/os/mac.rb:18:in `new'
    from /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/os/mac.rb:18:in `version'
    from /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/os/mac.rb:52:in `prerelease?'
    from /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/os.rb:19:in `<module:OS>'
    from /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/os.rb:1:in `<top (required)>'
    from /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.6/usr/lib/ruby/2.6.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:54:in `require'
    from /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.6/usr/lib/ruby/2.6.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:54:in `require'
    from /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/global.rb:26:in `<top (required)>'
    from /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/brew.rb:21:in `require_relative'
    from /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/brew.rb:21:in `<main>'
Error: Git must be installed and in your PATH!
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/version.rb:366:in `initialize': Version value must be a string; got a NilClass () (TypeError)
    from /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/os/mac/version.rb:23:in `initialize'
    from /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/os/mac.rb:18:in `new'
    from /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/os/mac.rb:18:in `version'
    from /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/os/mac.rb:52:in `prerelease?'
    from /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/os.rb:19:in `<module:OS>'
    from /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/os.rb:1:in `<top (required)>'
    from /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.6/usr/lib/ruby/2.6.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:54:in `require'
    from /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.6/usr/lib/ruby/2.6.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:54:in `require'
    from /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/global.rb:26:in `<top (required)>'
    from /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/brew.rb:21:in `require_relative'
    from /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/brew.rb:21:in `<main>'
andrews-mbp:OSX-Messages-Exporter-master andrew$