php - Cannot find true $PATH file on Mavericks -

i have both ~/.bash_profile & ~/.profile files.

~/.bash_profile contains 1 line:

export path=/applications/mamp/bin/php5.5.3/bin:$path 

~/.profile contains 3 lines:

# macports installer addition on 2014-02-02_at_20:54:53: adding appropriate path variable use macports. export path=/applications/mamp/bin/php5.5.3/bin/:/opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin:$path # finished adapting path environment variable use macports. 

as can see trying default php path use mamps php because have mcrypt installed on it. reason when type whereis php native route: /usr/bin/php, , when echo $path get:

/applications/mamp/bin/php5.5.3/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin 

somewhere have file thats controlling path , have no clue is. else controlling path route?

note: have homebrew, macports, xcode, , xcode command-line tools installed.

what you're seeing coming system-wide /etc/paths file. source of base $path environment variable before ~/.profile, ~/.bash_profile , others involved. if you're in terminal window, can edit following command:

sudo open -t /etc/paths 

by default contains following paths:

/usr/bin /bin /usr/sbin /sbin /usr/local/bin 

i wouldn't recommend editing file, however, because system-wide , affect every user on system.

if want complete control on $path, affect own account you're better off not including $path in .profile's export path lines. example (but not this):

export path=/applications/mamp/bin/php5.5.3/bin:/opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin