How to downgrade php from 5 5 to 5 3

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Is there a way to downgrade php 5 5 to 5 3 in xampp  I searched on google but every one just tell me to uninstall xampp and install an older version  Could I have php 5 5 downgrade to 5 3 without reinstall xampp

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I did this in my local environment  Wasn t difficult but obviously it was done in  unsupported  way   To do the downgrade you need just to download php 5 3 from http   php net releases   zip archive   than go to xampp folder and copy subfolder  php  to e g  php5 5  just for backup   Than remove content of the folder php and unzip content of zip archive downloaded from php net  The next step is to adjust configuration  php ini  - you can refer to your backed-up version from php 5 5  After that just run xampp control utility - everything should work  at least worked in my local environment   I didn t found any problem with such installation  although I didn t tested this too intensively

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It is possible  Yes  In many cases  you might want to use XAMPP with a different PHP version than the one that comes preinstalled  You might do this to get the benefits of a newer version of PHP  or to reproduce bugs using an earlier version of PHP   To use a different version of PHP with XAMPP  follow these steps         Download a binary build of the PHP version that you wish to use from the PHP website  and extract the contents of the compressed   archive file to your XAMPP installation directory  usually  C  xampp     Ensure that you give it a different directory name to avoid   overwriting the existing PHP version  For example  in this tutorial    we   ll call the new directory C  xampp php5-6-0  NOTE   Ensure that the   PHP build you download matches the Apache build  VC9 or VC11  in your   XAMPP platform    Within the new directory  rename the php ini-development file to php ini  If you prefer to use production settings  you could instead   rename the php ini-production file to php ini    Edit the httpd-xampp conf file in the apache conf extra  subdirectory of your XAMPP installation directory  Within this file    search for all instances of the old PHP directory path and replace   them with the path to the new PHP directory created in Step 1  In   particular  be sure to change the lines          LoadFile   xampp php php5ts dll      LoadFile   xampp php libpq dll      LoadModule php5 module   xampp php php5apache2 4 dll       to       LoadFile   xampp php5-6-0 php5ts dll      LoadFile   xampp php5-6-0 libpq dll      LoadModule php5 module   xampp php5-6-0 php5apache2 4 dll       NOTE   Remember to adjust the file and directory paths above to reflect   valid paths on your system          Restart your Apache server through the XAMPP control panel for your changes to take effect  The new version of PHP should now be active    To verify this  browse to the URL   http   localhost xampp phpinfo php  which displays the output of the   phpinfo   command  and check the version number at the top of the   page

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Long answer  it is possible    Temporarily rename existing xampp folder  Install xampp 1 7 7 into xampp folder name Folder containing just installed 1 7 7 distribution rename to different name and previously existing xampp folder rename back just to xampp  In xampp folder rename php and apache folders to different names  I propose php prev and apache prev  so you can after switch back to them by renaming them back   Copy apache and php folders from folder with xampp 1 7 7 into xampp directory  In xampp directory comment line apache conf httpd conf 458    Include  conf extra httpd-perl conf  In xampp directory do next replaces in files    php pci bat 15  from    C  xampp php   php exe  -f   xampp php pci  --      to  set XAMPPPHPDIR C  xampp php   XAMPPPHPDIR  php exe  -f   XAMPPPHPDIR  pci  --     php pciconf bat 15  from    C  xampp php   php exe  -f   xampp php pciconf  --     to   set XAMPPPHPDIR C  xampp php   XAMPPPHPDIR    php exe  -f   XAMPPPHPDIR  pciconf  --     php pear bat 33  from   IF   PHP PEAR PHP BIN       SET  PHP PEAR PHP BIN C  xampp php   php exe   to   IF   PHP PEAR PHP BIN       SET  PHP PEAR PHP BIN C  xampp php php exe   php peardev bat 33  from   IF   PHP PEAR PHP BIN       SET  PHP PEAR PHP BIN C  xampp php   php exe   to   IF   PHP PEAR PHP BIN       SET  PHP PEAR PHP BIN C  xampp php php exe   php pecl bat 32  from   IF   PHP PEAR BIN DIR       SET  PHP PEAR BIN DIR C  xampp php  IF   PHP PEAR PHP BIN       SET  PHP PEAR PHP BIN C  xampp php   php exe   to   IF   PHP PEAR BIN DIR       SET  PHP PEAR BIN DIR C  xampp php   IF   PHP PEAR PHP BIN       SET  PHP PEAR PHP BIN C  xampp php php exe   php phar phar bat 1  from     dp0php exe   dp0pharcommand phar     to      dp0php exe     dp0pharcommand phar      Enjoy new XAMPP with PHP 5 3  Checked by myself in XAMPP 5 6 31  7 0 15  amp  7 1 1 with XAMPP Control Panel v3 2 2

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Short answer is no   XAMPP is normally built around a specific PHP version to ensure plugins and modules are all compatible and working correctly   If your project specifically needs PHP 5 3 - the cleanest method is simply reinstalling an older version of XAMPP with PHP 5 3 packaged into it   XAMPP 1 7 7 was their last update before moving off PHP 5 3

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