Go to your XAMPP installation folder and rename the old php folder with its version number.First visit and download the latest version of PHP or the version that you wish to update to.

Below are steps to update XAMPP PHP version XAMPP stands for cross-platform, Apache, MySQL, PHP and Perl. XAMPP is an open source and cross platform local web server solution which helps you get started with web development out of the box using the PHP language. In this article, we are going to share how you can update the PHP version on your XAMPP server for Windows. XAMPP is one of the most used development environments. Added support for Instaclient Oracle library for PHP (oci8.Keeping your development environment up to date is essential for the security and performance of your system.It now includes WordPress, Drupal, Joomla!, Magento, Mediawiki, Moodle, SugarCRM, DokuWiki, ownCloud and phpBB. Expanded the number of BitNami-packaged applications compatible with XAMPP.Support for 64bit versions of Linux and OS X.New GUI installers for Linux and OS X that match the Windows GUI installer.New manager tools for Linux and OS X that allows starting / stopping servers using a GUI interface.Updated the XAMPP Control Panel to 3.2.1 for Windows.Moving forward, we aim to keep them up to date and perform releases at the same time as the Windows version. Updated Linux and Mac OS X versions of XAMPP, which had not been updated for a while.Updated main components PHP to 5.4.16, MySQL to 5.5.32, Apache to 2.4.4, phpMyAdmin 4.0.4.In case you are not familiar with XAMPP, it is an easy self-contained installer for Apache, MySQL, PHP and Perl. A new XAMPP version has just been released with the following improvements for Windows, OS X and Linux.

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