

XAMPP is a free and open source cross platform web server solution stack which contains PHP, Apache web server, MySQL database, and Perl. February 2023 03:17 XAMPP version: 8.2.How to install XAMPP 5.6.30 on Ubuntu 17.04 If I rename the PHP folder to PHP5 and rename PHP8 to PHP - Apache starts correctly (and generates some errors due to the web application not being PHP 8 compatible so this is fine)Īny suggestions on a step I may have missed would be appreciated. However, the apache error logs are empty, and the PHP error log shows "the system cannot find the specified path" I then attempt to start Apache and receive the following error,Ĭode: Select all 1:28:09 PM Error: Apache shutdown unexpectedly.ġ:28:09 PM This may be due to a blocked port, missing dependencies,ġ:28:09 PM improper privileges, a crash, or a shutdown by another method.ġ:28:09 PM Press the Logs button to view error logs and checkġ:28:09 PM the Windows Event Viewer for more cluesġ:28:09 PM If you need more help, copy and post thisġ:28:09 PM entire log window on the forums LoadModule php_module "C:/xampp/php/php5apache2_4.dll" LoadModule php_module "C:/xampp/php/php8apache2_4.dll"Ĭode: Select all LoadFile "C:/xampp/php/php5ts.dll" Then I opened /xampp/apache/conf/extra/nf and changedĬode: Select all LoadFile "C:/xampp/php/php8ts.dll" Creates a new folder in /xampp called PHP and extracted the PHP 5.6.40 files into this folder.Renamed the PHP folder in /xampp to PHP8.

To downgrade to this version I have undertaken the following steps, However the sites I'm looking to emulate for historical purposes require PHP 5.6.40.

I have downloaded the latest version of XAMPP (8.2.0) which comes with PHP 8.0 and is running successfully.
