Drush 8 on Mac OSX and MAMP

Here is a complete guide to get your drush working OS X El Capitan.

1) Download latest stable release using the code below or browse to github.com/drush-ops/drush/releases.

wget http://files.drush.org/drush.phar

(Or use our upcoming release: wget http://files.drush.org/drush-unstable.phar)

2) Test your install.

php drush.phar core-status

3) Rename to `drush` instead of `php drush.phar`. Destination can be anywhere on $PATH.

chmod +x drush.phar
sudo mv drush.phar /usr/local/bin/drush

4) Enrich the bash startup file with completion and aliases.

drush init

5) Add the following lines to .bashrc. (Check which PHP version you are using!)

export MAMP_PHP=/Applications/MAMP/bin/php/php5.6.10/bin
export PATH="$MAMP_PHP:$PATH"
export PATH=$PATH:/Applications/MAMP/Library/bin
export PHP_OPTIONS='-d memory_limit="512M"'

6) Add the following line to .bash_profie

if [ -f ~/.bashrc ]; then . ~/.bashrc; fi

That’s it, you will have a fully functional drush on your Macintosh.