Change Xampp Php Version

How to change xampp php version to 8.4.

Download php

Download https://downloads.php.net/~windows/releases/archives/php-8.4.13-Win32-vs17-x64.zip and unzip (https://www.php.net/downloads.php).

Simple way

Just overwrite files in /xampp/php directory.

Second way

Unzip to php directory on disk C.

Change xampp settings

Go to https-xampp.conf and change all paths from /xampp/php to /php.

Windows 10 environment variables

Run command, press ALT + R and type sysdm.cpl and click OK. See in advanced tab environment variables and add in Path.

# Change C:/xampp/php to C:/php or remove from environment variables and add new line:

C:/php

CA Certs (curl, openssl)

Download https://curl.se/ca/cacert.pem and place to C:/php directory and add path to this file in php.ini curl.cainfo and opessl.cafile for Http client in php, laravel.

Create php.ini

Copy from php.ini-development and add in php.ini file path to extensions directory (if you want to place php in different location).

[PHP]

# Php extension directory
extension_dir="./ext"

# Settings
post_max_size = 500M
upload_max_filesize = 100M

# Unhash extensions
extension=bz2
extension=curl
extension=ftp
extension=fileinfo
extension=gd
extension=gettext
extension=intl
extension=mbstring
extension=exif
extension=openssl
extension=pdo_mysql
extension=pdo_sqlite
extension=sockets
extension=sqlite3
extension=zip
zend_extension=opcache

[Session]
session.cookie_secure = Off
session.cookie_httponly = On
session.cookie_lifetime = 86400
session.gc_maxlifetime = 1440

[curl]
curl.cainfo = "C:\php\cacert.pem"

[openssl]
openssl.cafile="C:\php\cacert.pem"

Check in cmd

php -v
php -m

Add in xampp

C:\xampp\htdocs\index.php

<?php
  phpinfo();
  die();
?>

Check php version in browser

http://localhost

VsCode settings

{
  "php.validate.executablePath": "C:/php/php.exe"
}