shortcut for "sudo -u http php[vv] occ"

occ

#!/usr/bin/env bash

# Require: run from a Nextcloud root dir
if [ ! -f lib/versioncheck.php ]; then
        echo "Enter the Nextcloud root dir first" > /dev/stderr
        exit 255;
fi

# Test general php bin first
if php lib/versioncheck.php 1>/dev/null ; then
        sudo -u http php occ "$@"
        exit $?
fi

# Walk through installed binaries, from highest version downwards
# ⚠ requires bfs, which is a drop-in replacement for find, see https://tavianator.com/projects/bfs.html
BINARIES+=$(bfs /usr/bin/ -type f -regextype posix-extended  -regex '.*/php[0-9]{2}$' | sort -r)
for PHPBIN in ${BINARIES}; do
        if "${PHPBIN}" lib/versioncheck.php 1>/dev/null ; then
                sudo -u http ${PHPBIN} occ "$@"
                exit $?
        fi
done

echo "No suitable PHP binary found" > /dev/stderr
exit 254

Written for Arch with various php version installed from AUR, as well as bfs. It finds the appropriate PHP binary that will run in the Nextcloud checkout in the current directory.

Run it from with a nextcloud root folder. So instead of

sudo -u http php81 occ

simply run

occ

(provided you store in a location included in $PATH)