How to upgrade php 7 to 8 in windows

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2 min readJun 18, 2024

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Download XAMPP zip folder or you can use below link for download XAMPP zip folder

XAMPP — Browse /XAMPP Windows/8.2.12 at SourceForge.net

  • Extract the zip folder
  • Copy PHP folder from XAMPP directory
  • Now rename or remove your existing php folder (of php 7)
  • Replace or paste your new php folder in your current installed xampp directory
  • Open XAMPP, click on config and then open httpd-xampp.conf file.

Replace php7 with php8 with dll inside PHP-Module Setup

OR Replace httpd-xampp.conf file with below content

#
# XAMPP settings
#
<IfModule env_module>
SetEnv MIBDIRS "E:/xampp/php/extras/mibs"
SetEnv MYSQL_HOME "\\xampp\\mysql\\bin"
SetEnv OPENSSL_CONF "E:/xampp/apache/bin/openssl.cnf"
SetEnv PHP_PEAR_SYSCONF_DIR "\\xampp\\php"
SetEnv PHPRC "\\xampp\\php"
SetEnv TMP "\\xampp\\tmp"
</IfModule>
#
# PHP-Module setup
#
LoadFile "E:/xampp/php/php8ts.dll"
LoadFile "E:/xampp/php/libpq.dll"
LoadModule php_module "E:/xampp/php/php8apache2_4.dll"
<FilesMatch "\.php$">
SetHandler application/x-httpd-php
</FilesMatch>
<FilesMatch "\.phps$">
SetHandler application/x-httpd-php-source
</FilesMatch>
#
# PHP-CGI setup
#
#<FilesMatch "\.php$">
# SetHandler application/x-httpd-php-cgi
#</FilesMatch>
#<IfModule actions_module>
# Action application/x-httpd-php-cgi "/php-cgi/php-cgi.exe"
#</IfModule>
<IfModule php8_module>
PHPINIDir "E:/xampp/php"
</IfModule>
<IfModule mime_module>
AddType text/html .php .phps
</IfModule>
ScriptAlias /php-cgi/ "E:/xampp/php/"
<Directory "E:/xampp/php">
AllowOverride None
Options None
Require all denied
<Files "php-cgi.exe">
Require all granted
</Files>
</Directory>
<Directory "E:/xampp/cgi-bin">
<FilesMatch "\.php$">
SetHandler cgi-script
</FilesMatch>
<FilesMatch "\.phps$">
SetHandler None
</FilesMatch>
</Directory>
<Directory "E:/xampp/htdocs/xampp">
<IfModule php8_module>
<Files "status.php">
php_admin_flag safe_mode off
</Files>
</IfModule>
AllowOverride AuthConfig
</Directory>
<IfModule alias_module>
Alias /licenses "E:/xampp/licenses/"
<Directory "E:/xampp/licenses">
Options +Indexes
<IfModule autoindex_color_module>
DirectoryIndexTextColor "#000000"
DirectoryIndexBGColor "#f8e8a0"
DirectoryIndexLinkColor "#bb3902"
DirectoryIndexVLinkColor "#bb3902"
DirectoryIndexALinkColor "#bb3902"
</IfModule>
Require local
ErrorDocument 403 /error/XAMPP_FORBIDDEN.html.var
</Directory>
Alias /phpmyadmin "E:/xampp/phpMyAdmin/"
<Directory "E:/xampp/phpMyAdmin">
AllowOverride AuthConfig
Require local
ErrorDocument 403 /error/XAMPP_FORBIDDEN.html.var
</Directory>
Alias /webalizer "E:/xampp/webalizer/"
<Directory "E:/xampp/webalizer">
<IfModule php8_module>
<Files "webalizer.php">
php_admin_flag safe_mode off
</Files>
</IfModule>
AllowOverride AuthConfig
Require local
ErrorDocument 403 /error/XAMPP_FORBIDDEN.html.var
</Directory>
</IfModule>

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