It provides all the steps required to update and upgrade the PHP version to PHP 8 in XAMPP on Windows 10.
XAMPP is a complete package to install the Apache Web Server, MySQL, PHP, Perl, FTP Server, and phpMyAdmin for Linux, Solaris, Windows, and Mac OS X. It also provides an interface to admin Apache Web Server, MySQL, and PHP. Though XAMPP is being released frequently, it might be required to use the most recent version of PHP till XAMPP include it in its distribution. This tutorial provides all the steps required to update or upgrade the PHP version to PHP 8 in XAMPP.
You can also follow the tutorials How To Install XAMPP On Windows and How To Install PHP 8 On Windows to install the most recent version of XAMPP and PHP on Windows.
Step 1 - Open XAMPP Control Panel
Open the XAMPP Control Panel as shown in Fig 1.
Fig 1
Step 2 - Open Apache Config Panel
Click the Config Button next to apache. It will show the configuration options as shown in Fig 2.
Fig 2
Step 3 - Open Config File
Choose the option Apache[httpd-xampp.conf] as highlighted in Fig 2. It will open the configuration file httpd-xampp.conf as shown in Fig 3.
Fig 3
Step 4 - Update PHP Installation Path
I have highlighted some of the PHP configurations in Fig 3. I have installed the most recent version of PHP i.e. PHP 7.4.0 while writing this tutorial by following How To Install PHP 7 On Windows. Also, I have updated the PHP installation path as highlighted in Fig 4.
Fig 4
Step 5 - Save Configuration and Start Apache
Now save the changes and start the Apache Web Server. It will show the Apache status as shown in Fig 5.
Fig 5
Step 6 - Verify PHP
In this step, we will verify the PHP version used by XAMPP. Open the Browser and type the URL //localhost. It will show the XAMPP Dashboard. Now click the PHPInfo Link to open the PHP info page as shown in Fig 6.
Fig 6
It reflects the most recent version of PHP i.e. PHP 8.0.3.
Summary
In this tutorial, we have discussed using the multiple versions of PHP using XAMPP by configuring the apache configuration file. I have provided all the steps required to upgrade the PHP distributed by XAMPP to the most recent version of PHP i.e. PHP 8.0.3.
This tutorial provides the steps you need to upgrade from PHP 7 version to PHP 8 in Xampp Step 1. Get php 8 folder Go to this link //sourceforge.net/projects/xampp/ and download the zip file which at the time of this tutorial is /XAMPP Windows/8.0.11/xampp-portable-windows-x64-8.0.11-0-VS16.zip
Step 2. Extract php folder from the zip file
Step 3. Place the php folder in the Xampp folder
Go to the root of the Xampp folder and rename the current php folder to something like php7 and copy/paste the php folder you extracted. Make sure that the folder you extracted is called php.
Step 4. Open the XAMPP Control Panel and click the config button
Step 5. Click the Config Button next to apache
Choose the option Apache[httpd-xampp.conf], It will open the configuration file httpd-xampp.conf and change the lines highlighted from php 7 to 8. Be sure to change all the lines with php7_module to php_module throughout the file.
Step 6. Save and restart Apache
Now save the changes and start the Apache Web Server.
Now Xampp is updated with PHP 8
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