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Hi,
do you know when will we got a new xampp release? php version now is 8.1.10 and 8.0.23 and on https://www.apachefriends.org/download.html there is only 8.0.16 and 8.1.16

thanks

No.

Nobbie wrote:No.

Since the announcement of moving to Github https://www.apachefriends.org/blog/moves_to_github_20220610.html on June 10th there hasn't been any updated releases or further info announced. The announcement did promise "There will be regular updates and releases as always....".

I certainly appreciate the great work that has gone on to produce/support Xampp, but I think a lot of people are probably wondering what is going on with the continued support/new releases. Would it be possible to elaborate a little more or add another update on the blog?

Thanks very much

Do you ask me?

I am simply a Xampp User (like you) and i simply answered to the question, no, i dont know any new release date. Actually, there never has been given a date for the next release.

As Xampp is meant for local development only, i also dont see the need for always having the newest releases. All major tools like WordPress, Joomla, as well as all major providers do not base on the newest releases. So what are you missing, cant you develop with the current Xampp release and if, why not?

I guess I thought the answer may have come from someone with some inside information. Sorry for the misunderstanding.

As you say, it's not essential to have the absolute latest versions of s/w in a development environment but is nice to have PHP bugs fixed & new enhancements available. We have been used to the regular updates - usually monthly when a new version of PHP was released.

Thanks again

Not sure what PHP bugs you are concerned about.

In my experience PHP and a lot of the software that comprise XAMPP are quite stable. In all the time I have been using XAMPP for things like local WordPress sites, WP plugins, and writing some custom PHP code I have encountered 0 issues related to PHP. There have been issues, but those have all been of my own making. Again, that is my experience. Also, even if there were to be issues in PHP there are usually plenty of ways as a developer to code around such things.

XAMPP and all its components is stable and very usable. And not that I would recommend doing this unless you have a real need, but there are ways of integrating a different version of PHP into platforms that use it. I would not do this, as could introduce issues that the developers working on XAMPP or another platform have not had the chance to address. Personally, I'd rather not create issues for myself.

Froosh wrote:In my experience PHP and a lot of the software that comprise XAMPP are quite stable. In all the time I have been using XAMPP for things like local WordPress sites, WP plugins, and writing some custom PHP code I have encountered 0 issues related to PHP.

+1!

There's no new Xampp release for HTTPD either and that newest version was released months ago.

And what is the problem? What does not work on your Xampp installation?

altanop wrote:Hi,
do you know when will we got a new xampp release? php version now is 8.1.10 and 8.0.23 and on https://www.apachefriends.org/download.html there is only 8.0.16 and 8.1.16

thanks

You can update PHP manually (example for 8.1.10)
1.) backup your XAMPP/php folder
2.) Download PHP zip package from here: https://windows.php.net/download#php-8.1
3.) Stop Apache (stop service if Apache is run as service or end Apache in Task manager)
4.) Extract downloaded ZIP Package and copy all files in XAMPP/php folder
5.) Start Apache.

That's it.

altanop wrote:There's no new Xampp release for HTTPD either and that newest version was released months ago.

As with PHP you can also manually update your XAMPP Apache
1.) Backup your XAMPP/apache folder
2.) Download Apache zip package from here: https://www.apachehaus.com/cgi-bin/download.plx
3.) Stop Apache (stop service if Apache is run as service or end Apache in Task manager)
4.) Extract downloaded ZIP Package and copy all files in XAMPP/apache folder
5.) Start Apache.

You can also manually update MariaDB, phpMyAdmin, OpenSSL, etc.

My XAMPP 8.1.6 install is running Apache 2.4.54, OpenSSL 1.1.1q, PHP 8.1.10, MariaDB 10.6.9 and phpMyAdmin 5.2.0

php 8.0.19 has php.ini file but when i copy to folder with php 8.0.23 apache dont start....if i delete it apache start can you help me?

Assuming you are using XAMPP. If so, what version? The current release of XAMPP 8.1.6 uses PHP 8.1.6.

If you are going to just copy configuration files that way, I suspect you are overwriting settings that are in the 8.0.23 php.ini file by blindly copying the 8.0.19 version and hoping it is configured the same way. Good luck with that.

Any help will be welcome to continue updating and releasing ApacheFriends XAMPP. The code is Open Source and the new components versions have been requested at https://github.com/ApacheFriends/xampp-build/issues/2, you can also see the PR associated there.

XAMPP for Windows 8.1.10, 8.0.23 and 7.4.30 are available for testing at the SourceForge Beta folder https://sourceforge.net/projects/xampp/files/BETAS/. Any feedback will be welcome.

I will continue working to keep the installers up-to-date and any support via GitHub (reporting issues, pull requests, documentation improvements, etc) will be appreciated.

altanop wrote:php 8.0.19 has php.ini file but when i copy to folder with php 8.0.23 apache dont start....if i delete it apache start can you help me?

When you upgrade PHP, you need to overwrite the old PHP with new PHP to keep paths the same, otherwise you have to edit httpd-xampp.conf to point to correct files (modules), ie LoadModule php_module "C:/xampp/php/php8apache2_4.dll", etc.

If you just overwrite old PHP with new version, you don't have to edit php.ini nor httpd conf files.

Hi everyone,

We just released new versions for 7.4.30, 8.0.23 and 8.1.10 for Linux and Windows. https://www.apachefriends.org/blog/new_xampp_20221001.html. Any feedback will be welcome in the forum or in GitHub ApacheFriends project.