Re: PHP8 and PHP7 in Windows

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On Sunday, January 22, 2023 at 10:32:10 PM UTC+2, J.O. Aho wrote:
> On 22/01/2023 09.38, Jivanmukta wrote: 
> > W dniu 21.01.2023 o 11:43, Arno Welzel pisze: 
> >> 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. 
> >> 
> > I know how to do it in Linux. I need a solution for Windows. (I have 2 
> > systems). 
> >
> It seems more complicated in ms-windows, seems you have to remove 
> services and add other version services, here is a howto (do not know if 
> it still works and I don't really care): 
> https://complete-concrete-concise.com/web-tools/how-to-install-and-run-multiple-versions-of-xampp-on-your-computer/ 
> 
> Alternative is to use wsl on the ms-windows, but then it's just like 
> running Linux but not native. 
> 
> 
> -- 
> //Aho