diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 8a78ce9b10cf..9a5f2b500b4c 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -133,6 +133,7 @@
             "src/Illuminate/Filesystem/functions.php",
             "src/Illuminate/Foundation/helpers.php",
             "src/Illuminate/Log/functions.php",
+            "src/Illuminate/Support/functions.php",
             "src/Illuminate/Support/helpers.php"
         ],
         "psr-4": {
diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Console/Application.php b/src/Illuminate/Console/Application.php
index 8e92793855fc..55d1ca33eca2 100755
--- a/src/Illuminate/Console/Application.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Console/Application.php
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@
 use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputOption;
 use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\StringInput;
 use Symfony\Component\Console\Output\BufferedOutput;
-use Symfony\Component\Process\PhpExecutableFinder;
+
+use function Illuminate\Support\php_binary;
 
 class Application extends SymfonyApplication implements ApplicationContract
 {
@@ -84,7 +85,7 @@ public function __construct(Container $laravel, Dispatcher $events, $version)
      */
     public static function phpBinary()
     {
-        return ProcessUtils::escapeArgument((new PhpExecutableFinder)->find(false) ?: 'php');
+        return ProcessUtils::escapeArgument(php_binary());
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Console/InteractsWithComposerPackages.php b/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Console/InteractsWithComposerPackages.php
index ebd8b7e7b3d1..4628f2946b8d 100644
--- a/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Console/InteractsWithComposerPackages.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Console/InteractsWithComposerPackages.php
@@ -2,9 +2,10 @@
 
 namespace Illuminate\Foundation\Console;
 
-use Symfony\Component\Process\PhpExecutableFinder;
 use Symfony\Component\Process\Process;
 
+use function Illuminate\Support\php_binary;
+
 trait InteractsWithComposerPackages
 {
     /**
@@ -39,6 +40,6 @@ protected function requireComposerPackages(string $composer, array $packages)
      */
     protected function phpBinary()
     {
-        return (new PhpExecutableFinder())->find(false) ?: 'php';
+        return php_binary();
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Queue/Listener.php b/src/Illuminate/Queue/Listener.php
index 58a28ee18284..271a7c3b4d8e 100755
--- a/src/Illuminate/Queue/Listener.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Queue/Listener.php
@@ -3,9 +3,10 @@
 namespace Illuminate\Queue;
 
 use Closure;
-use Symfony\Component\Process\PhpExecutableFinder;
 use Symfony\Component\Process\Process;
 
+use function Illuminate\Support\php_binary;
+
 class Listener
 {
     /**
@@ -61,7 +62,7 @@ public function __construct($commandPath)
      */
     protected function phpBinary()
     {
-        return (new PhpExecutableFinder)->find(false) ?: 'php';
+        return php_binary();
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Support/Composer.php b/src/Illuminate/Support/Composer.php
index 3725394e017d..190500a4fe32 100644
--- a/src/Illuminate/Support/Composer.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Support/Composer.php
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 use Illuminate\Filesystem\Filesystem;
 use RuntimeException;
 use Symfony\Component\Console\Output\OutputInterface;
-use Symfony\Component\Process\PhpExecutableFinder;
 use Symfony\Component\Process\Process;
 
 class Composer
@@ -204,7 +203,7 @@ protected function findComposerFile()
      */
     protected function phpBinary()
     {
-        return (new PhpExecutableFinder)->find(false) ?: 'php';
+        return php_binary();
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Support/Process/PhpExecutableFinder.php b/src/Illuminate/Support/Process/PhpExecutableFinder.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6b9698f85bf1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Support/Process/PhpExecutableFinder.php
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Illuminate\Support\Process;
+
+use Symfony\Component\Process\PhpExecutableFinder as SymfonyPhpExecutableFinder;
+
+class PhpExecutableFinder extends SymfonyPhpExecutableFinder
+{
+    /**
+     * Finds The PHP executable.
+     */
+    #[\Override]
+    public function find(bool $includeArgs = true): string|false
+    {
+        if ($herdPath = getenv('HERD_HOME')) {
+            return (new ExecutableFinder)->find('php', false, [implode(DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR, [$herdPath, 'bin'])]);
+        }
+
+        return parent::find($includeArgs);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Support/composer.json b/src/Illuminate/Support/composer.json
index 8995ed9655fc..3da999fd887f 100644
--- a/src/Illuminate/Support/composer.json
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Support/composer.json
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
             "Illuminate\\Support\\": ""
         },
         "files": [
+            "functions.php",
             "helpers.php"
         ]
     },
diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Support/functions.php b/src/Illuminate/Support/functions.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..40e4d7befeea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Support/functions.php
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Illuminate\Support;
+
+use Illuminate\Support\Process\PhpExecutableFinder;
+
+/**
+ * Determine the PHP Binary.
+ *
+ * @return string
+ */
+function php_binary()
+{
+    return (new PhpExecutableFinder)->find(false) ?: 'php';
+}