How to increase php version in wamp

WampServer is a commonly used integrated environment that includes tools such as Apache, MySQL, and PHP for developing and testing web applications. By default, the PHP version that comes with WAMP Server may not meet development needs, and you need to increase the PHP version. This article will lead you to understand how to add a PHP version to WampServer.

1. Download the required PHP version

First, we need to download the required PHP version. It is recommended to download from the official PHP website (https://windows.php.net/download/). Here we will download the PHP 7.4 version.

2. Decompress the PHP compressed package

After the download is completed, we got a compressed package named php-7.4.16-Win32-vc15-x64 and decompressed it to the root of WampServer directory (the default path is C:\wamp64).

3. Add PHP version

Open the WampServer control panel, click the "Add a version" button, and then select the path to PHP. In the pop-up dialog box, select the PHP path you just decompressed (C:\wamp64\php-7.4.16-Win32-vc15-x64).

4. Enable the new version

In the WampServer control panel, click the "Switch Version" button, select the new version just added (as shown below), and wait for WampServer to restart. Can.

5. Configure PHP environment variables

If you need to use a new version of PHP on the command line, you need to add the PHP path to the system environment variables. Open the system's "Control Panel" → "System and Security" → "System" and click the "Advanced System Settings" tab on the left. In the window that opens, click the "Environment Variables" button, then find the "Path" variable in "System Variables", click the "Edit" button, add the PHP path (as shown) to the end of the variable, and Click the OK button to save changes.

6. Test the new version

Now, we can test whether the new version of PHP has been installed successfully. Enter the following command in the command line:

php -v

If the PHP version is displayed as 7.4.16, it means that the new version has been successfully installed and configured correctly.

7. Uninstall the PHP version

If you need to delete the PHP version in WampServer, just select the version to be uninstalled in the control panel and click the "Delete" button.

Summary:

Through the above steps, we can easily implement the configuration of adding the PHP version in WampServer. With the continuous development and advancement of Web technology, software and library version upgrades are becoming more and more frequent, so we need to constantly update and upgrade our development tools and environments to meet the latest development needs.

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