Using XAMPP how do I swap out PHP 5 3 for PHP 5 2

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I m using XAMPP 1 7 2  but need to swap out PHP 5 3 for PHP 5 2 - how do I do this

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For OSX it s even easier  Your machine should come with a version of Apache already installed  All you need to do is locate the php lib for that version  which is likely 5 2 x  and swap it out    This is the command you d run from terminal   cp  usr libexec apache2 libphp5 so  Applications XAMPP xamppfiles modules libphp5 so   I tested this on 10 5  Leopard   so ymmv    all the caveats about this might break your system  make a backup  blah blah blah   Edit  On 10 4  Tiger   Xampp 1 73  using the libphp5 so-files found at Mamp  this does not work at all

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Stop your Apache server from running  Download the most recent version of XAMPP that contains a release of PHP 5 2   from the SourceForge site linked at the apachefriends website  Rename the PHP file in your current installation  MAC OSX   xamppfiles modules libphp so  to something else  just in case   Copy the PHP file located in the same directory tree from the older XAMPP installation that you just downloaded  and place it in the directory of the file you just renamed  Start the Apache server  and generate a fresh version of phpinfo    Once you confirm that the PHP version has been lowered  delete the remaining files from the older XAMPP install   Fun ensues    I just confirmed that this works when using a version of PHP 5 2 9 from XAMPP for OS X 1 0 1  April 2009   and surgically moving it to XAMPP for OS X 1 7 2  August 2009

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Thanks for the answer  I just got this working on Windows XP  with a few modifications  Here are my steps    Download and install latest xampp to G  xampp   As of 2010 03 12  this is 1 7 3  Download the zip of xampp-win32-1 7 0 zip  which is the latest xampp distro without php 5 3   Extract somewhere  e g  G  xampp-win32-1 7 0  Remove directory G  xampp php Remove G  xampp apache modules php5apache2 2 dll and php5apache2 2 filter dll Copy G  xampp-win32-1 7 0 xampp php to G  xampp php  Copy G  xampp-win32-1 7 0 xampp apache bin php  to G  xampp apache bin Edit G  xampp apache conf extra httpd-xampp conf      Immediately after the line   lt IfModule alias module gt  add the lines        snip    lt IfModule mime module gt    LoadModule php5 module   xampp apache bin php5apache2 2 dll    AddType application x-httpd-php-source  phps   AddType application x-httpd-php  php  php5  php4  php3  phtml  phpt      lt Directory   xampp htdocs xampp  gt         lt IfModule php5 module gt           lt Files  status php  gt              php admin flag safe mode off          lt  Files gt         lt  IfModule gt       lt  Directory gt   lt  IfModule gt     Note that this is taken from the same file in the 1 7 0 xampp distribution  If you run into trouble  check that conf file and make the new one match it    You should then be able to start the apache server with PHP 5 2 8   You can tail the G  xampp apache logs error log file to see whether there are any errors on startup  If not  you should be able to see the XAMPP splash screen when you navigate to localhost   Hope this helps the next guy   cheers   Jake

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Years later  but for what it s worth - This is simple to do    Just RENAME the C  xampp directory Install the desired new version of XAMPP Simply run the control panel script  xampp-control exe  directly from within the xampp folder    Ignore warnings about  must run from C  xampp - those have nothing to do with multiple installations     To switch between these versions of XAMPP  just rename the xampp directories as necessary  and re-run

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I couldn t get this working  Started with PHP 5 3  then tried to switch to PHP 5 28 from xampp-win32-1 7 0 zip  Couldn t get it to work  Then  I got smart and figured out i was working with XAMPP and you can install it wherever you want  so I did a fresh install from scratch with xampp-win32-1 7 0 zip  The whole point of working with XAMPP is so you don t have to fuss with the sysadmin stuff  Using it in that context got me up and running in no time

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You ll have to uninstall XAMPP 1 7 2 and install XAMPP 1 7 0  which contains PHP 5 2 8   D  Documents and Settings box gt php -v  PHP 5 2 8  cli   built  Dec  8 2008 19 31 23  Copyright  c  1997-2008 The PHP Group Zend Engine v2 2 0  Copyright  c  1998-2008 Zend Technologies     with Zend Extension Manager v1 2 0  Copyright  c  2003-2007  by Zend Technol ogies     with Zend Optimizer v3 3 3  Copyright  c  1998-2007  by Zend Technologies   XAMPP 1 6 8 contains PHP 5 2 6   D  Documents and Settings box gt php -v PHP 5 2 6  cli   built  May  2 2008 18 02 07  Copyright  c  1997-2008 The PHP Group Zend Engine v2 2 0  Copyright  c  1998-2008 Zend Technologies     with Zend Extension Manager v1 2 0  Copyright  c  2003-2007  by Zend Technol ogies     with Zend Optimizer v3 3 3  Copyright  c  1998-2007  by Zend Technologies

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You can download older versions of XAMPP here   PHP 5 3 was added in version 1 7 2  so anything older would be good

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I know this doesn t help you  but I have to say that this is one of the reasons I jumped from XAMPP to WampServer  WampServer lets you install multiple versions of PHP  Apache and or MySQL  and switch between them all via a menu option

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