Upgrading PHP in XAMPP for Windows

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I would like to know how you upgrade PHP in Xampp for Windows  I tried to download the latest PHP version from the main PHP site but when I check  phpinfo  I still get that the previous version is still in use

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I needed to update my php from 5 3 8 to 5 3 29   both Thread Safe  on Windows  Steps I did    Back-up my initial php folder  under xampp  Downloaded zip from here http   windows php net download  php-5 3-ts-VC9-x86 Unpack that zip into xampp folder  Copied php ini file from old php folder into new one  Copied a couple of folders that I didn t have in the new php folder  from old one  For example  extras  which contained browscap ini file  this one is needed  Copied needed extensions  from old php ext folder into new php ext folder  I copied them manually  by checking list of extensions from php ini file  Copied also these files  php5apache2 2 dll  php5ts dll   Hope that I covered everything   Most probably these steps will not work if you change major versions of php  e g  5 3 x to 5 4 x  but for minor versions  it should work   Also  a good way to see what s wrong    start command line and try to start httpd exe  under xampp apache bin from there  it will list errors found

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Note In order to run apache server after upgradation PHP 7 4 x requires Microsoft Visual C   Redistributable for Visual Studio 2019 which can be downloaded here under the heading Other Tools and Frameworks  otherwise apache server won t start

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Take a backup of your htdocs and data folder  subfolder of MySQL folder   reinstall upgraded version and replace those folders   Note  In case you have changed config files like PHP  php ini   Apache  httpd conf  or any other  please take back up of those files as well and replace them with newly installed version

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download your desired version of php binary from http   windows php net download  website  download  Thread Safe binary zip version  Unzip the downloaded version of the PHP in a separate folder   Please make sure that your new php folder name is not  PHP   May be you can use filder name as the version name  For example for php 5 4 you can use php54    Copy the new php folder into your xampp folder  Now go to yourxampp apache conf extra folder  Open file httpd-xampp conf from the folder extra  Change the following variables   Variable PHPINIDir to be   Varaible LoadModule to be   php5apache2 2 dl  Save the file httpd-xampp conf  Restart your XAMPP apache server  If your server get restarted successfully then your server php version is upgraded

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You can go through the following link as it helped me  should work for you as well  http   hype-free blogspot com 2007 07 updating-php-in-xampp-for-windows html Realizing that my answer helped couple of users  here is the edit from original link  Edit  First of all Always backup your data   Download the latest binary version of PHP  make sure to get the  zip package not the installer  De-archive it to a directory Overwrite the contents of directory in the php subfolder of your XAMPP installation directory  Overwrite the contents of the directory  apache bin with the newer versions  Now the trick  take the files which have a   2  in their names  for example php5apache2 2 dll or php5apache2 2 filter dll   copy them in the apache bin subdirectory and remove the   2  part  overwriting the existing files  This is necessary because by XAMPP uses Apache version 2 2 and the files with the 2 prefix are built for Apache 2 0  so you must take the files build for the newer version  which has a different plugin interface  and rename them in the filenames XAMPP expects   NOTE  there are two directories to be updated with new version of files  namely php sub-directory and apache bin sub-directory  inside XAMPP installation

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I just upgrade my old XAMPP portable with PHP 5 3 X Include Mercury  amp  FileZilla  amp  Tomcat  to XAMPP portable with PHP 5 6 X   Include previous versions       My way    First download last xampp portable my using version  xampp-portable-win32-5 6 14-3-VC11Direct Download Link  Last XAMPP Extract new download file to drive d   because new version dont have mercury filezilla tomcat in it   then i copy these packages from my old version to new one Now on old xampp first copy all htdocs files to new xampp htdocs Now on old xampp backup all of database in 5 two 10 separated sql files Now on new xampp going and change some settings like max upload size and etc on php ini and also in  apache conf extra httpd-xampp conf Now delete   make a rar archive and delete   it   and copy new xampp from drive D to drive C Now start new xampp   going to phpmyadmin   create a user and password that i use in previous xampp and add all privileges that user  Now going to import tab on phpmyadmin and separately import sql files  Now i test xampp with all new features in drive C   NOTE On Export database tab on phpmyadmin  select UTF-8 Character and check Disable foreign key checks checkbox  and on import tab uncheck Enable foreign key checks

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I have upgraded to php7 2 from php5 6  Steps which I followed    Download PHP binary from here  I have downloaded VC15 x86 Thread Safe Zip file  Created a backup of xampp php folder  Extract all the contents of zip file to xampp php folder  Copied php ini  as I have modified it before and I want my configuration back  if you were using default one then skip this step   Edit below file      C  xampp apache conf extra http-xampp conf   5 1  Replace     LoadFile  C  xampp php php5ts dll       LoadFile  C  xampp php libpq dll       LoadModule php5 module  C  xampp php php5apache2 4 dll    to     LoadFile  C  xampp php php7ts dll       LoadFile  C  xampp php libpq dll       LoadModule php7 module  C  xampp php php7apache2 4 dll     Restart Apache

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I don t have enough reputation to comment yet  but  to add to ssharma s answer   After you copy your htdocs folder to a safe place  just export your databases from PHPmyadmin  Simply go to each of your databases and click on the export tab at the top  Export them as sql  or whatever  really - just remember what you chose   Upgrade your XAMPP installation  Now  in the new version of XAMPP  create the databases that you want to re-insert  Example  you have a database named  test  that you exported from your old installation  name the new  empty database the same thing  Now  go into  test  and hit the import button along the top  right next to the export button   Click on choose file  find the sql file that you exported earlier  should be  test sql   and import  Your tables and data will be in place   NOTE  There s an option to export the entire collection of databases  it names the file 127 0 0 1 sql   But  I ve never had much luck getting it to import correctly  Do each of your databases separately to ensure it works  I made this post kind of long-winded  but that s because I like to write for the people that don t know exactly what they re doing yet  I  myself  was there not too long ago  all of us were at some point      Shorthand version of my answer  1  Export your databases individually 2  Import into your new installation of XAMPP

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Simplest method to upgrade PHP in XAMPP    Download latest portable version of XAMPP  Extract the archive not where XAMPP already installed   Copy the PHP folder from the extracted archive  Keep back up of PHP folder which is in installed XAMPP directory  You can backup it like changing the PHP folder name to PHP-old or like PHP-version-number Paste the PHP folder which you copied from the extracted archive  Replace the php ini file with your backup folder php ini file in case you have changed the default settings earlier  That s all  start restart the server

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http   www apachefriends org en xampp-windows html  In this site you can get   XAMPP Add-Ons  by using this add on you can upgrade the latest versions

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1  Download new PHP from the official site  better some zip   Old php directory rename to php old and create again php directory and put there unzipped files   In php ini connect needed modules if you used something that was turned off by default  like Memcached etc    but doesn t forget to add corresponding  dll files   2  In my case  I had to update Apache  So repeat the same steps  download the new package  rename directories  create new apache directory and put their new files   Now you can try to restart apache running apache start bat from xampp folder  better run this bat  than restart apache service from Windows services window  cause in this case in console you ll see all errors if there will be some  including lines in config where you ll have problem   If you updated Apache and run this file  in the list of services you ll see Apache2 2  but in description you can get another version  in my case that was Apache 2 4 7    In case of Apache update you can get some problems  so mind    after you replace the whole directory  you may need to configure you apache conf httpd conf file  copy virtual hosts from old config  set up DocumentRoots  permissions for directories  all paths  extend the list of index files  by default apache has only index html so other index files will be just ignored and Apache will just list the site root directory in browser   configure you logs etc   connect modules you need  if you used something that was not turned on by default like mod rewrite etc

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Go to phpinfo    press ctrl f  and type thread to check the value  If it is enabled download the non thread safe version  otherwise download the thread safe version from here  zip   Extract it  and rename the folder to php  Go to your xampp folder rename the default php folder to something else  Copy the extracted  renamed php  folder in xampp directory  Copy the php ini file from default old php folder  That you renamed  and paste it into the new php folder  Restart xampp server and you re good to go

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To update with latest PHP version in xampp without losing your htdocs data you need to download the zip file of your desired version of PHP from sourceforge net  then copy the PHP folder from the extracted file and paste it into your xampp folder   NOTE  Don t forget to rename the old PHP file folder which already exists   Then simply edit your php ini file with the current path to reach the right PHP folder  After that  you need to re-run your xampp   I found a video on youtube which can help you  how to update php version in xampp

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I think you need to actually download and install XAMPP with the desired PHP version  I dont think you can just upgrade the components of XAMPP individually unless there is a facility provided for this within XAMPP itself

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For Upgradation php in Xampp you can follow this steps  Else you can skip these 4 steps and direct install MAMP  for windows as well  from site and here is the direct download link  Step 1  Make backups Before starting  make sure to backup any settings  custom modules and most importantly the htdocs directory  which contains your scripts and page resources  This directory is normally located atC  xampp htdocs   Step 2  Preparation  Download PHP 5 3 0rc2  I use the VC6 build in order to minimise any potential compatibility issues      It is also recommended that you download the latest Windows version of XAMPP  While this is an upgrade guide that shouldwork with previous versions of XAMPP  it is recommended that a fresh copy of the core files is used      Stop any instances of the Apache service that might be running   Step 3  The upgrade This guide will assume your XAMPP directory is C  xampp   Extract the XAMPP archive to a directory of your choosing  I would recommend using the default C  xampp      Extract the contents of the PHP archive to C  xampp php   overwriting the contents of this directory with the new files      Open the file C  xampp apache conf extra httpd-xampp conf and ensure the following lines are present in this order   LoadFile   xampp php php5ts dll  LoadModule php5 module   xampp apache bin php5apache2 2 dll   Replace C  xampp php php ini with C  xampp php php ini-dist Uncomment the lines    extension php mbstring dll  extension php pdo sqlite dll  Replace the line  magic quotes gpc   On  with  magic quotes gpc   Off      Copy all files in the C  xampp php  to C  xampp apache bin   do not   copy the subdirectories or their contents     After following the above steps  restart your Apache service  this can be done using C  xampp xampp-control exe or manually through the control panel command prompt   Your PHPinfo should indicate that the upgrade has been successful  I will update this post if I discover any problems from using this method  or a cleaner  automated  means of performing the upgrade

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1  Backup your htdocs folder  2  export your databases   follow this tutorial  3  uninstall xampp 4  install the new version of xampp 5  replace the htdocs folder that you have backed  up 6  Import your databases you had exported before   Note  In case you have changed config files like PHP  php ini   Apache  httpd conf  or any other  please take back up of those files as well and replace them with newly installed version

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There are newer beta versions of Xampp that come with newer PHP upgrades    you should check at http   www apachefriends org

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