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Hi!

I'm trying to install some dependencies using composer. However, I get an error saying that I don't have the required PHP version (it says I have PHP 5.3.28 and that I need at least PHP 5.5.9), even though my XAMPP control panel says I have PHP 5.6.8. I have tried reinstalling XAMPP without any luck. Any ideas on how to fix this?

Did you install PHP separately from XAMPP? Please execute this commands in a command prompt:

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php -v
echo %PATH%

and post the output here

No, I didn't install PHP seperately.

php -v result:

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PHP 5.3.28 (cli) (built: Dec 10 2013 22:06:17)
Copyright (c) 1997-2013 The PHP Group
Zend Engine v2.3.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2013 Zend Technologies

echo %PATH% result:

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C:\Program Files (x86)\iis express\PHP\v5.3;C:\ProgramData\Oracle\Java\javapath;
C:\Program Files (x86)\AMD APP\bin\x86_64;C:\Program Files (x86)\AMD APP\bin\x86
;C:\Program Files (x86)\Intel\iCLS Client\;C:\Program Files\Intel\iCLS Client\;C
:\Windows\system32;C:\Windows;C:\Windows\System32\Wbem;C:\Windows\System32\Windo
wsPowerShell\v1.0\;C:\Program Files\Intel\Intel(R) Management Engine Components\
DAL;C:\Program Files\Intel\Intel(R) Management Engine Components\IPT;C:\Program
Files (x86)\Intel\Intel(R) Management Engine Components\DAL;C:\Program Files (x8
6)\Intel\Intel(R) Management Engine Components\IPT;C:\Program Files (x86)\ATI Te
chnologies\ATI.ACE\Core-Static;C:\Program Files\Intel\WiFi\bin\;C:\Program Files
\Common Files\Intel\WirelessCommon\;C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\110\To
ols\Binn\;C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\120\Tools\Binn\;C:\Program Files
\Intel\WiFi\bin\;C:\Program Files\Common Files\Intel\WirelessCommon\;;C:\Windows
\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;C:
\Program Files (x86)\Skype\Phone\;C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.1\Window
s Performance Toolkit\;C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\TypeScript\1.0\;C:\
Program Files (x86)\Brackets\command;C:\Program Files\Intel\WiFi\bin\;C:\Program
 Files\Common Files\Intel\WirelessCommon\

Verax wrote:No, I didn't install PHP seperately.

Yes, you did.

As you can see in the PATH Variable, there is no Xampp folder included. Therefore "php.exe" is found somewhere else. The first entry of PATH looks very "suspicous": C:\Program Files (x86)\iis express\PHP\v5.3
That product is called "PHP53ForIISExpress'" and you must have enabled that in Microsoft WebMatrix or similar.

Ah.

I uninstalled ISS Express and removed the PHP folder from the program files (x86), and when I run the php -v command it says that it doesn't recognize PHP. echo %PATH% still gives me the same, even though program files (x86) iss express doesn't exists.

XAMPP does not set any PATH variables, but there is a handy cli/cmd that enhanced the existing PATH variable temporary.
Open your XAMPP control panel and click the Shell Button to open it.

Altrea wrote:XAMPP does not set any PATH variables, but there is a handy cli/cmd that enhanced the existing PATH variable temporary.
Open your XAMPP control panel and click the Shell Button to open it.

Thanks