Re: PHP8 and PHP7 in Windows

Arno Welzel, 2023-01-21 11:43:

> Jivanmukta, 2023-01-20 09:52:
> 
>> I installed in Windows 10 XAMPP with PHP 8.2.0 inside C:\xampp\php. 
>> phpinfo shows C:\xampp\php\php.ini.
>> Then I installed PHP 7.4 inside C:\xampp\php74 with 
>> mod_fcgid-2.3.10-win64-VS17 and I performed configuration tasks from
>> https://codebriefly.com/how-to-handle-multiple-php-versions-with-apache-server-on-windows. 
>> What to do to see in phpinfo C:\xampp\php74\php.ini, (I still see 8.2.0 
>> and C:\xampp\php\php.ini)?
> 
> What do you mean with "see"? If you want to have PHP 7.4 active for
> Apache you need to tell Apache which version to use. Usually this means
> disabling PHP 8.2 and enabling PHP 7.4. I don't know how "Windows 10
> XAMPP" handles this but in Linux this is done by removing the symlink to
> php8.2-fpm.conf and enabling php7.4-fpm.conf with the following commands
> (as root or using sudo):
> 
> a2disconf php8.2-fpm
> a2enconf php7.4-fpm
> 
> Maybe there is a similar configuration file for "Windows 10 XAMPP" as well.

In addition: after these changes you need to restart Apache.

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