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Hello, let me first start by saying that i'm am a noob and know not much about programming in any way. I found a great video that help me install xampp and mediawiki; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCOUfuMWAfc
with that i successfully installed both. when i finally went to localhost/wiki as described in the videa i get this message; PHP 5.3.1 is not compatible with MediaWiki due to a bug involving reference parameters to __call. Upgrade to PHP 5.3.2 or higher, or downgrade to PHP 5.3.0 to fix this. ABORTING (see http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=50394 for details)
I would first like to ask if xampp could update and add a later version of php. I also wonder if anyone could guide me on how to install the later version of php (which i did without success) correctly.
thanks in advance for any help

It is not possible to upgrade PHP in XAMPP but you can either install the beta version that includes PHP version 5.3.4 or wait till the beta version becomes stable.
http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp-beta.html
Please take the time to read the beta page and the implications of installing a beta version.


Alternatively you could install a previous version of XAMPP with the version of PHP you require from this location:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/xampp/files/XAMPP Windows/

Good luck and best wishes.

Thanks, I tried the the beta and sent some feed back about the problems i encountered. The MySql 'admin' would not open when i tried to set up with mediawiki
Gonna try an older version next.

You can go directly to MySQL admin without using the XAMPP Control Panel's Admin button by typing http://localhost/phpmyadmin in your browser's address bar.

Thanks! I went back to the 1.7.2 and the wiki is set up. Now i have to figure out how to set up and design that layout. If you have any pointers this noob would be grateful. I will be surfing youtube for the time being.

Sorry, I can't help with your MediaWiki layout or design issues in these XAMPP forums (off topic) but you could try their own unofficial forum and their official help facilities...
http://www.mwusers.com/forums/content.php
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Contents
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Project:Help

...and/or read their documentation and last but not least try searching the Internet for helpful results from other users of MediaWiki.

At least you can now move forward with a working XAMPP and MediaWiki installation.

Good luck and my best wishes.