diff --git a/README.MD b/README.MD
index 7cd3e9c5..1c08ff33 100644
--- a/README.MD
+++ b/README.MD
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ Valet+ is a development environment for macOS. No Vagrant, no Docker, no `/etc/h
 
 > :warning: Valet+ requires [Composer](https://getcomposer.org/) to be installed. 
 
-To get started, you first need to ensure that Homebrew is up to date using the update command:
+To get started, you first need to ensure that Homebrew is up-to-date using the update command:
 ```shell
 brew update
 ```
diff --git a/cli/includes/find-usable-php.php b/cli/includes/find-usable-php.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f01c4c53
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cli/includes/find-usable-php.php
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+<?php
+
+$runPhpVersion = '8.1';
+
+// First, check if the system's linked "php" is the required version; if so, return that. This
+// is the most likely, most ideal, and fastest possible case
+$linkedPhpVersion = shell_exec('php -r "echo phpversion();"');
+
+if (version_compare($linkedPhpVersion, $runPhpVersion) >= 0) {
+    // Current linked php is the correct version.
+    echo exec('which php');
+
+    return;
+}
+
+// If not, let's find it whether we have the required version of PHP installed;
+// all users that run through this code path will see Valet run more slowly
+$phps = explode(PHP_EOL, trim(shell_exec('brew list --formula | grep php')));
+
+// Normalize version numbers
+$phps = array_reduce($phps, function ($carry, $php) {
+    $carry[$php] = presumePhpVersionFromBrewFormulaName($php);
+
+    return $carry;
+}, []);
+
+// If we don't have the required run version of PHP, throw an error
+if (array_search($runPhpVersion, $phps) === false) {
+    throw new Exception("Sorry, but you don't have the required version of PHP ($runPhpVersion) installed to run Valet+.");
+}
+
+echo getPhpExecutablePath(array_search($runPhpVersion, $phps));
+return;
+
+
+// Filter out older versions of PHP
+$modernPhps = array_filter($phps, function ($php) use ($runPhpVersion) {
+    return version_compare($php, $runPhpVersion) >= 0;
+});
+
+// If we don't have any modern versions of PHP, throw an error
+if (empty($modernPhps)) {
+    throw new Exception('Sorry, but you do not have a version of PHP installed that is compatible with Valet (8+).');
+}
+
+// Sort newest version to oldest
+sort($modernPhps);
+$modernPhps = array_reverse($modernPhps);
+
+// Grab the highest, set as $foundVersion, and output its path
+$foundVersion = reset($modernPhps);
+echo getPhpExecutablePath(array_search($foundVersion, $phps));
+
+/**
+ * Function definitions.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Extract PHP executable path from PHP Version.
+ * Copied from Brew.php and modified.
+ *
+ * @param  string|null  $phpFormulaName  For example, "php@8.1"
+ * @return string
+ */
+function getPhpExecutablePath(?string $phpFormulaName = null)
+{
+    $brewPrefix = exec('printf $(brew --prefix)');
+
+    // Check the default `/opt/homebrew/opt/php@8.1/bin/php` location first
+    if (file_exists($brewPrefix."/opt/{$phpFormulaName}/bin/php")) {
+        return $brewPrefix."/opt/{$phpFormulaName}/bin/php";
+    }
+
+    // Check the `/opt/homebrew/opt/php71/bin/php` location for older installations
+    $oldPhpFormulaName = str_replace(['@', '.'], '', $phpFormulaName); // php@7.1 to php71
+    if (file_exists($brewPrefix."/opt/{$oldPhpFormulaName}/bin/php")) {
+        return $brewPrefix."/opt/{$oldPhpFormulaName}/bin/php";
+    }
+
+    throw new Exception('Cannot find an executable path for provided PHP version: '.$phpFormulaName);
+}
+
+function presumePhpVersionFromBrewFormulaName(string $formulaName)
+{
+    if ($formulaName === 'php') {
+        // Figure out its link
+        $details = json_decode(shell_exec("brew info $formulaName --json"));
+
+        if (! empty($details[0]->aliases[0])) {
+            $formulaName = $details[0]->aliases[0];
+        } else {
+            return null;
+        }
+    }
+
+    if (strpos($formulaName, 'php@') === false) {
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    return substr($formulaName, strpos($formulaName, '@') + 1);
+}
diff --git a/valet-plus b/valet-plus
index 6fdb1ca4..042a99a7 100755
--- a/valet-plus
+++ b/valet-plus
@@ -29,12 +29,12 @@ if [ ! -d "$LARAVEL_DIR" ]; then
     LARAVEL_DIR=$(php -r "echo realpath('$DIR/../../laravel/valet');")
 fi
 
-# Get a command-line executable we can use for php that's 8+; if this
+# Get a command-line executable we can use for the required php version; if this
 # is the inside loop (Valet runs itself 2x in some settings), skip
 # checking and pulling again by reading the exported env var
 if [[ $PHP_EXECUTABLE = "" ]]
 then
-    PHP=$(php $LARAVEL_DIR/find-usable-php.php)
+    PHP=$(php $DIR/cli/includes/find-usable-php.php)
 
     # Validate output before running it on the CLI
     if [[ ! -f $PHP ]]; then
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ else
     PHP=$PHP_EXECUTABLE
 fi
 
+
 # If the command is the "share" command we will need to resolve out any
 # symbolic links for the site. Before starting Ngrok, we will fire a
 # process to retrieve the live Ngrok tunnel URL in the background.