I downloaded MAMP 4.1 on my Mac; by default, the only PHP versions I can use are 7.0.15 and 7.1.1
How can I use PHP 5.6?
I tried the solution here Which says I should rename the versions I don't want to use to something else. But it didn't work for me.
As mentioned by #Scott in the comments under your question:
Your here is the right link. Use the bottom answer to rename the
bin/php directory. The MAMP preference pane will show the 2 latest
versions in the php directory. – Scott Eisenberg
And the answer in that links is:
First stop the Server if its running. Go to "/Applications/MAMP/bin/",
rename the PHP Version you don't need (MAMP is only allowed to use 2
PHP Versions), e.g. "_php5.2.17". Now MAMP will use the php versions
that are left. Go to the MAMP Manager and then settings, then switch
to the php version you need.
In my case (and similarly yours), I renamed the folder named php7.1.1 to _php7.1.1 and now MAMP shows me 5.6.30 and 7.0.15 in the preferences pane.
This is how my 'php' folder look like
Created another folder 'php-versions' and moved all versions, and kept only two version which I wanted in the 'php' folder. And restarted the Mamp, go the version '5.6.31'
I am using MAMP version 4.5. I changed php version on the httpd.conf:
/Applications/MAMP/conf/apache/httpd.conf
I wanted to the version to php7.1 so here is what I did:
Original line:
LoadModule php7_module /Applications/MAMP/bin/php/php7.2.1/modules/libphp7.so
Updated line:
LoadModule php7_module /Applications/MAMP/bin/php/php7.1.12/modules/libphp7.so
It worked for me!
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I have a system build with Laravel 5.5 and it needs PHP version 7.
I have deployed the project to site ground server, updated PHP version using PHP version but when I ran php -v command via putty it is showing me PHP version 5. I don't know what going on.
I shall be thankful if someone tell me that what is the proper way of updating PHP version?
I have also tried AddHandler application/x-httpd-php70s .php in my .htaccess files but got nothing fruitful
You can change the PHP CLI version through SSH. After connecting through SSH type cd ~ and then find .bash_profile file. Open the .bash_profile file with nano or vi which you would like to use and enter this line:
alias php=/usr/local/php72/bin/php-cli
and save the file. After that run command:
source .bash_profile
And your PHP CLI version has been changed. To confirm the PHP version type php -v and it will show you the version which you just changed.
P.S: In my case, I want to change the PHP CLI version to PHP 7.2 so I use php72 in alias php=/usr/local/php72/bin/php-cli. You can change it to any other version which you need.
So there's no problem if you see PHP5 using command line and PHP7 using php file with phpinfo();. Your hosting provider allows you to choose from several PHP version. You can select PHP7 e.g. using .htaccess but it doesn't have to change PHP CLI version. So when you set PHP7 in .htaccess file it serves your website using PHP7, but CLI is still v5.
By the way, this type of question should be asked on superuser I think.
I want to downgrade php version from 7.1.1 to 5.6 in xampp 7.1.1. But I can't find any option.
I think the most safest downgrade path from PHP7 to PHP5 in Xampp is:
Download a self-packaged version of Xampp with PHP5 from here (as of today this is xampp-win32-5.6.37-0-VC11.zip).
Rename the php folder to php7 in Xampp.
Now copy the php folder from xampp-win32-5.6.37-0-VC11.zip into your Xampp install folder.
Make a backup from .\xampp\apache\conf\extra\httpd-xampp.conf file.
Replace this file from xampp-win32-5.6.37-0-VC11.zip as well.
This way the config files (including php.ini) has settings from the Xampp team.
Before any changes, to verify changed Apache configs, you can compare both Xampp release folder at .\xampp\apache\conf with tools like Meld.
I should note that please download PHP 5 and 7 Xampp packages released at the same time.
Notify me if I miss something.
If you want to downgrade php from 7.1.1 to 5.6 in xampp follow the steps(For Windows):-
Go to https://sourceforge.net/projects/xampp/files/XAMPP%20Windows/5.6.36/
Download and extract the file xampp-win32-5.6.36-0-VC11.zip see the image
[image 1][1]
Delete php folder and apache folder present in C:\xampp
Copy php folder and apache folder from extracted file and paste it to C:\xampp
Add " C: " before \xampp\ to php ini file present in php folder.
Start your apache and MySQL and check php version. It will show php 5.6.36
Just delete this xampp, and download 5.6 version.
There is no option to downgrade XAMPP. XAMPP is hardcoded with specific PHP version to make sure all the modules are compatible and working properly. However if your project needs PHP 5.6, you can just install a older version of XAMPP with PHP 5.6 packaged into it.
Source: How to downgrade php from 5.5 to 5.3
Change the .htaccess code to switch to PHP 5.6:
AddHandler application/x-httpd-php56 .php
XAMPP is an integrated package and you can not downgrade or change one of its component such as php. (There are some solutions that you can use but there is little chances that everything work fine.)
You can download the package from these links:
https://www.apachefriends.org/download.html
https://sourceforge.net/projects/xampp/files/
You had better to download the old package form sourceforge.net.
You do not have to install another version of Xampp. I've managed to use PHP 5.6 on my Xampp PHP 7 version. Here is what you need to do to make it works:
Raname (backup) <XAMPP_DIR>\php to <XAMPP_DIR>\php~7
Copy (backup) <XAMPP_DIR>\apache\conf\extra\httpd-xampp.conf to <XAMPP_DIR>\apache\conf\extra\httpd-xampp~7.conf
Download PHP5 and unpack it to <XAMPP_DIR>\php
Edit <XAMPP_DIR>\apache\conf\extra\httpd-xampp.conf and change all php5 occurrences to php7. You need to change php7apache2_4.dll to php5apache2_4.dll, php7ts.dll to php5ts.dll and php7_module to php5_module
Ensure all your paths are correct like extension_dir in php.ini.
Restart Apache and voila.
If you want to downgrade php version, just simply edit yout .htaccess file.
Like you want to downgrade any php version to 5.6, just add this into .htaccess file
<FilesMatch "\.(php4|php5|php7|php3|php2|php|phtml)$">
etHandler application/x-lsphp56
</FilesMatch>
I know it might be late but I'm just adding to Lanti's answer since it's the most popular, I had the same problem as Wouter Vanherck in the comments and I can't comment yet.
What helped for me was instead of just replacing \xampp\apache\conf\extra\httpd-xampp.conf I replaced the whole apache folder. I basically did the same thing with it as with the php folder (steps 2 and 3).
Now the error is fixed and Apache starts just fine.
Using WAMP is perforce option if we want to use more then one version of php.
It is very easy to do, all you need to do is
1) download 5.6 from [1]: https://sourceforge.net/projects/xampp/files/XAMPP%20Windows/5.6.36/, the run the setup and install in folder "xampp"
2) download 7.6 from [https://sourceforge.net/projects/xampp/files/XAMPP%20Windows/7.4.2/xampp-portable-windows-x64-7.4.2-0-VC15-installer.exe/download][1] and run the setup in "xampp2"
NOte: after that you now have separate xampp installed in your system. all you do now is to run each xampp as a separate entity. Alway quite the 5.6 if you want to run 7.6
This solution is Only for local system / localhost on windows:
The simplest way to install xampp 5.6.X version as per your requirement in other windows drive then run xampp 5.6.X services from it's control panel for php 5.6 version.
NOTE: If you already have xampp (any other version) on your system then please close that xampp's services then start xampp 5.6.x services otherwise this solution will not work.
You can download your required (xampp 5.6 as per question) xampp version from below link:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/xampp/files/XAMPP%20Windows/
I have used this solution many times, it worked like charm. I hope this will also help you. Thank you to ask this question.
i was trying the same, so i downloaded the .7zip version of XAMPP with php 5.6.33 from
https://sourceforge.net/projects/xampp/files/XAMPP%20Windows/5.6.33/
then followed the steps below:
1. rename c:\xampp\php to c:\xampp\php7
2. raname C:\xampp\apache\conf\extra\httpd-xampp.conf to httpd-xampp7.OLD
3. copy php folder from XAMPP_5.6 7zip archive to c:\xampp\
4. copy file httpd-xampp.conf from XAMPP_5.6 7zip archive to C:\xampp\apache\conf\extra\
open xampp control panel and start Apache and then visit ( i am using port 82 instead of default 80)
http://localhost
and then click PHPInfo to see if it is working as expected.
Opening localhost shows dashboard
Opening phpinfo shows version 5.6
I have installed MAMP 3.5 with Apache 2.4.16 on Yosemite 10.10.5 and have run into some obstacles that I find hard to solve.
The first issue was that virtual host settings have changed in Apache but that I managed to fix.
The remaining problem is with extensions. I use gettext in an application and it can not be found.
php -v says PHP 5.6.10 (cli)
phpinfo() says PHP 5.5.27
php --ini says /Applications/MAMP/bin/php/php5.6.10/conf/php.ini
The php.ini path seems to be correct although phpinfo() says that extension_dir is /usr/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20121212
This seems very strange to me? The gettext extension is not in this directory but is found along with all other relevant extensions in the directory listed in the php.ini file for PHP 5.6.10 which is the one that should be used...
Any ideas what has gone wrong and how I can make PHP use the correct ini file?
CLI uses the installed version of OSX, MAMP uses it's own version.
The easiest way to use same version for both is to add the MAMP version first in your path in ~/.bash_profile.
export PATH=/Applications/MAMP/Library/bin/:/Applications/MAMP/bin/php/php7.0.0/bin/:~/bin:$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH
of course you need to replace the php7.0.0 part with the version you want to use.
Quit your terminal app and reopen it, and try php -v again.
Is there a way to downgrade php 5.5 to 5.3 in xampp? I searched on google but every one just tell me to uninstall xampp and install an older version. Could I have php 5.5 downgrade to 5.3 without reinstall xampp?
Short answer is no.
XAMPP is normally built around a specific PHP version to ensure plugins and modules are all compatible and working correctly.
If your project specifically needs PHP 5.3 - the cleanest method is simply reinstalling an older version of XAMPP with PHP 5.3 packaged into it.
XAMPP 1.7.7 was their last update before moving off PHP 5.3.
Long answer: it is possible!
Temporarily rename existing xampp folder
Install xampp 1.7.7 into xampp folder
name
Folder containing just installed 1.7.7 distribution rename to different name and previously existing xampp folder rename back just to xampp.
In xampp folder rename php and apache folders to different names (I propose php_prev and apache_prev) so you can after switch back to them by renaming them back.
Copy apache and php folders from folder with xampp
1.7.7 into xampp directory
In xampp directory comment line apache/conf/httpd.conf:458
#Include "conf/extra/httpd-perl.conf"
In xampp directory do next replaces in files:
php/pci.bat:15
from
"C:\xampp\php\.\php.exe" -f "\xampp\php\pci" -- %*
to
set XAMPPPHPDIR=C:\xampp\php
"%XAMPPPHPDIR%\php.exe" -f "%XAMPPPHPDIR%\pci" -- %*
php/pciconf.bat:15
from
"C:\xampp\php\.\php.exe" -f "\xampp\php\pciconf" -- %*
to
set XAMPPPHPDIR=C:\xampp\php
"%XAMPPPHPDIR%\.\php.exe" -f "%XAMPPPHPDIR%\pciconf" -- %*
php/pear.bat:33
from
IF "%PHP_PEAR_PHP_BIN%"=="" SET "PHP_PEAR_PHP_BIN=C:\xampp\php\.\php.exe"
to
IF "%PHP_PEAR_PHP_BIN%"=="" SET "PHP_PEAR_PHP_BIN=C:\xampp\php\php.exe"
php/peardev.bat:33
from
IF "%PHP_PEAR_PHP_BIN%"=="" SET "PHP_PEAR_PHP_BIN=C:\xampp\php\.\php.exe"
to
IF "%PHP_PEAR_PHP_BIN%"=="" SET "PHP_PEAR_PHP_BIN=C:\xampp\php\php.exe"
php/pecl.bat:32
from
IF "%PHP_PEAR_BIN_DIR%"=="" SET "PHP_PEAR_BIN_DIR=C:\xampp\php"
IF "%PHP_PEAR_PHP_BIN%"=="" SET "PHP_PEAR_PHP_BIN=C:\xampp\php\.\php.exe"
to
IF "%PHP_PEAR_BIN_DIR%"=="" SET "PHP_PEAR_BIN_DIR=C:\xampp\php\"
IF "%PHP_PEAR_PHP_BIN%"=="" SET "PHP_PEAR_PHP_BIN=C:\xampp\php\php.exe"
php/phar.phar.bat:1
from
%~dp0php.exe %~dp0pharcommand.phar %*
to
"%~dp0php.exe" "%~dp0pharcommand.phar" %*
Enjoy new XAMPP with PHP 5.3
Checked by myself in XAMPP 5.6.31, 7.0.15 & 7.1.1 with XAMPP Control Panel v3.2.2
It is possible! Yes
In many cases, you might want to use XAMPP with a different PHP version than the one that comes preinstalled.
You might do this to get the benefits of a newer version of PHP, or to reproduce bugs using an earlier
version of PHP.
To use a different version of PHP with XAMPP, follow these steps:
Download a binary build of the PHP version that you wish to use from the PHP website, and extract the contents of the compressed
archive file to your XAMPP installation directory (usually, C:\xampp).
Ensure that you give it a different directory name to avoid
overwriting the existing PHP version. For example, in this tutorial,
we’ll call the new directory C:\xampp\php5-6-0. NOTE : Ensure that the
PHP build you download matches the Apache build (VC9 or VC11) in your
XAMPP platform.
Within the new directory, rename the php.ini-development file to php.ini. If you prefer to use production settings, you could instead
rename the php.ini-production file to php.ini.
Edit the httpd-xampp.conf file in the apache\conf\extra\ subdirectory of your XAMPP installation directory. Within this file,
search for all instances of the old PHP directory path and replace
them with the path to the new PHP directory created in Step 1. In
particular, be sure to change the lines
LoadFile "/xampp/php/php5ts.dll"
LoadFile "/xampp/php/libpq.dll"
LoadModule php5_module "/xampp/php/php5apache2_4.dll"
to
LoadFile "/xampp/php5-6-0/php5ts.dll"
LoadFile "/xampp/php5-6-0/libpq.dll"
LoadModule php5_module "/xampp/php5-6-0/php5apache2_4.dll"
NOTE : Remember to adjust the file and directory paths above to reflect
valid paths on your system.
Restart your Apache server through the XAMPP control panel for your changes to take effect. The new version of PHP should now be active.
To verify this, browse to the URL
http://localhost/xampp/phpinfo.php, which displays the output of the
phpinfo() command, and check the version number at the top of the
page.
I did this in my local environment. Wasn't difficult but obviously it was done in "unsupported" way.
To do the downgrade you need just to download php 5.3 from http://php.net/releases/ (zip archive), than go to xampp folder and copy subfolder "php" to e.g. php5.5 (just for backup). Than remove content of the folder php and unzip content of zip archive downloaded from php.net. The next step is to adjust configuration (php.ini) - you can refer to your backed-up version from php 5.5. After that just run xampp control utility - everything should work (at least worked in my local environment). I didn't found any problem with such installation, although I didn't tested this too intensively.
I just used a very simpler way for this and I just put it here if it could help anyone else.
I just had so much data on my database and I didn't want to transfer my whole Database so I just installed an older version of XAMPP with the PHP version that I required in a new directory (example:XAMPP-OLD) then I opened two control panel of 2 different version of XAMPP and start the MYSQL from the Newer version and Start Apache from the older version to use the other version of PHP.
just keep in mind to transfer files to the other XAMPP folder
cannot load c:/PHP5/php5apache2_2.dll into server I am getting this error while running apache 2.2 on window XP machine
anyone have any idea what could be the problem. I can see there is no php5apache2_2.dll in c:/php5 folder.
What worked for me was obtaining php5apache2_4.dll-php-5.4-win32.zip from
apachelounge and using "php5apache2_4.dll" file from the "PHP 5.4.8" unzipped folder. I had apache 2.3.4 (32-bit) from apachelounge.com and php 5.4.9 (32-bit) from windows.php.net installed on my Win 7 (64-bit).
The dll worked despite 5.4.8 - 5.4.9 mismatch.
The corrsponding changes within "php.ini" and "httpd.conf" are to be maintained acoording to this helpful guide.
Best regards.
First you must downlaod de .dll file (php5apache2_2.dll)
then put it in your extensions directory.
Then edit your php.ini file, find de text:
;extension=php5apache2_2.dll
// and change y to
extension=php5apache2_2.dll
if the text is not present put the line yourself.
Then restart apache and it should load your extension.
PD: you can see where your extensions directory is located looking
for the text "extension_dir" in your php.ini, sometimes looks like:
extension_dir = C:\php\extensions
Hope this help you, if not please paste the error here, you can find
an error log file in apache/error/error.log or something like that.
You should download the dll file from PHP distribution package. And see three ways to set up PHP to work with Apache 2.x.
You can configure PHP as Apache handler in <[apache_home]>\conf\httpd.conf as follow:
LoadModule php5_module "c:/php/php5apache2_2.dll"
AddHandler application/x-httpd-php .php
#configure the path to php.ini
PHPIniDir 'C:\php\'
NOTE: To avoid the error while starting apache, the php ini dir path should be in single quotes with backslash. Don't forget to end it with backslash.
Here is how I got it to GO:
Created the folder C:\Apache
Downloaded and installed http-2.2.22-win32-x86-no-ssl.msi
During install, entered localhost as Network Domain and Server Name
From browser, typed in url http://localhost/ and page came up with "It Works"
(I do not know if there is a God, but took that as a good sign:)
Created the folder C:\PHP
Downloaded and installed php-5.2.17-Win32-VC6-86.msi
Created a new file in notepad with the following:
Saved it in the Apache/htdocs folder as phpinfo.php
From browser, typed in url http://127.0.0.1/phpinfo.php
It did not work (i.e. it did not run the .php program file)
Hmm, oh yeah, you have to restart Apache for it to see updates to its
own configuration file
Start, Apache, Control..
-> generated the error that it could not find C:\Apache\php5apache2_2.dll
Well, I found it in C:\PHP and I copied it to C:\Apache\
Start, Apache, Control..
-> generated an error about a problem with the PHPINIDir directive on line 495 of C:/Apache/conf/httpd.conf
Fixed that by editing this line in the above file to
PHPIniDir "C:/PHP/php.ini"
Tried to restart Apache again, run the test file in the browser.
Still, it did not work:(
Recalled seeing this before and decided to reboot computer
Restarted (or started) the Apache Server
Ran the test file again..
IT WORKED!
Note that in some of the above I may have mixed up some forward and back slashes
Good luck!
You are getting an error due to the fact that the c:/PHP5/php5apache2_2.dll is not shipped with the non-thread safe version of PHP that you probably downloaded. Two options:
Download and install the thread safe version of PHP instead and you
will get everything you need.
If the non-thread safe version is important to what you want to accomplish, download the zip bundle of the thread safe version and take only the .dll you need from there.
Which version: For Apache Server 2.2, you need to download PHP 5.4 thread safe, which is shipped with both php5apache2_2.dll and php5apache2_4.dll. Some earlier versions probably work as well. PHP 5.5 is only shipped with php5apache2_4.dll which will mismatch with your version.
Cf the download links here on the official site: http://windows.php.net/download/.
Please check that for using Apache you should download VC6 version of PHP. If you use VC9 Apache will not start. It is clearly given in the site.
http://in3.php.net/manual/en/install.windows.manual.php
For me the problem was resolved by replacing the file php5apache2_2.dll from another site, somehow the file downloaded from the php.net site was corrupt.
I had already the file php5apache2_2.dll on my wamp 2.2 and the PHP version 5.3.13 so I just copied that file into my version 5.4.35 and it worked.
I did not have to mess with the apache configuration as other people suggest.
One more thing I did was to install the Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2008 for my x64 machine running Windows 7 Ultimate Edition. I don't think this helped since I had already the x86 version and working with my previous PHP version, but is part of the action I taken.
None of the suggestions above worked for me. I tried replacing the php5apache2_2.dll file and restarting everything, but got the same error. I ended up uninstalling Apache, MySQL, and PHP, removing the path variables, and then installing WampServer. Had everything up and running in less than 5 minutes.
By the way, I uninstalled PHP by just deleting the folder in Program Files, since it did not turn up in Add/Remove Programs. I also deleted any leftover Apache and MySQL folders after the uninstalls.
Even file exist and apache shows error that this file don't exists, install Microsoft C++ Redistributable Package. Note, that you have to install 2008 version, then 2010. Install both packages, not only 2010 version.
I've had a similar problem. I found out after following a particular Youtube tutorial that if you go and edit the httpd.conf file while Apache is running... it will mess up.
Make sure that you install Apache first... then turn it off, then install php afterward. It should then edit the httpd.conf file itself. This Youtube tutorial solved my problem. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKbEzmMliNM
Hope it helps. I got MySQL installed and working too... but had to install the .Net 4 Framework.
You need to install "http-2.2.22-win32-x86-no-ssl.msi" instead.
I had the same error.
I had installed x64 version of Apache and x86 version of php.
After a lof of searching I found that this doesn't work.
So I had to install x64 (threadsafe) version of PHP.
After this Apache works fine . :)
Hope this helps!
If your php5apache2_4.dll is missing:
My problem was the php5apache2_4.dll was not included in PHP install zip. It is included only the Thread Safe version of PHP 5.4.38
http://windows.php.net/downloads/releases/php-5.4.38-Win32-VC9-x86.zip