Is there a way to keep working on OC v1, OC v2, and OC v3 projects on local dev?

Questions
#1

I have legacy projects in OC v1 for some clients, some on OC v2 and I would like to start exploring OC v3. However, my local env dev is still using php 7.4.9.
Any recommendations on how to keep a dev env allowing you to work with all these projects?

#2

Depends on your local OS, Laragon works wonders switching environments in Windows.

#3

currently on Mac OS M1 chip, using Laravel Valet. Dont think it can handle env switching though.
Apparently the new Valet 3.0 allows multiple php version.

#4

It looks like it does: Laravel Valet 3 Released With Multi-Version PHP Support | Laravel News

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#5

We use Lando, which is a wrapper around Docker Compose.

Getting a working dev environment runnig just needs this .lando.yml in your project:

name: october-dev
recipe: lamp

config:
    webroot: .
    php: "8.1"

After that, you can run lando start which starts all containers.

You can also add additional configuration to configure PHP versions, MySQL ports and such.

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#6

I use laradock for local development, where each project has dedicated containers.
I currently have local environments for OC v1 and OC v2

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