March 03, 2012

Upgrading to PHP 5.4 on XAMPP

Author: tec at 3/03/2012 08:11:00 pm Labels: ,
Here's a quick tutorial on how to upgrade you XAMPP installation to use latest version of PHP that is PHP version 5.4.

1. Download windows build from the official site. ( I had used this link.)

2. Extract all files from the downloaded archive to a temporary folder say php_new.

3. Make sure XAMPP / Apache is not running.

3. Go to the folder where XAMPP is installed and rename the folder XAMPP_ROOT/php to php_old

4. Now go back to our temporary folder i.e. php_new and copy all files to XAMPP_ROOT/php where XAMPP_ROOT is obviously the folder where XAMPP has been installed.

5. Enter the php folder and locate the file(s) php5apache*.dll ( Example php5apache2_2.dll )



6. Copy those files to XAMPP_ROOT/apache/modules/ depending on your version of Apache

7. Optionally delete the folders php_new and php_old

8. Start Apache again and verify that everything is working smoothly by creating a phpinfo file.


9. Don't forget to rename php.ini-production to php.ini and edit it as per your needs. ( Example: set extension_dir to XAMPP_ROOT/php/ext

10. Check Apache logs for any possible errors.

10 comments:

  1. Anonymous3 March 2012 at 21:52

    Helpful post..

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  2. Anonymous10 March 2012 at 15:05

    Does this also go for XAMPP on other platforms? I'm running XAMPP on Ubuntu.

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    1. tec10 March 2012 at 18:13

      What's the harm in trying ? I can't confirm if it'll work as I don't run Ubuntu on my machine.

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  3. Anonymous1 April 2012 at 14:28

    Thanks.

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  4. Ankur Kumar Singh16 February 2013 at 20:42

    You can follow the steps from here http://www.techflirt.com/how-to-upgrade-php-in-xampp/

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