Upgrade PHP

Test instance runs PHP 8.4.13

Currently performed manually on the test instance

1

Download latest PHP 8.4 version

Go to https://www.php.net/downloads.php and download latest version of PHP 8.4 (VS17 x64 Thread Safe) as a ZIP archive

2

Extract ZIP

For example using 7-Zip or native Windows extraction tool

3

Stop Apache

Open XAMPP and stop Apache. Alternatively you can stop the Apache service in services.msc

4

Replace PHP

Rename C:\xampp\php to C:\xampp\php-old

Move new extracted PHP version to C:\xampp\php

5

Copy old php.ini

Copy C:\xampp\php-old\php.ini to C:\xampp\php\php.ini

6

Compare php.ini-production

Compare C:\xampp\php\php.ini-production with C:\xampp\php\php.ini

Add lines from C:\xampp\php\php.ini-production which are not present in C:\xampp\php\php.ini

Some settings are deprecated in PHP 8.4 (for example: session.sid_length and session.sid_bits_per_character ). Warnings concerning deprecated settings are written to C:\xampp\apache\logs\error.log

7

Update Composer

Run:

composer self-update

8

Start Apache

Open XAMPP and start Apache. Alternatively you can start the Apache service in services.msc

php.ini

Example used on the test instance.

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php.ini

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