XAMPP use mod_php to run php, that mean you only work with 1 php version with xampp. To resolve this, i use mod_fcgi instead mod_php. With mod_fcgi we can redirect request to correctly php version we ...

Step 2: Configure php.ini Open the file c:\xampp\php56\php.ini in notepad. If the file does not exist, copy php.ini-development to php.ini and open it in notepad. Then uncomment the following line: ...

Last week in Gearhead I discussed the struggle to get my hosting provider to give me a server with the version of PHP I needed to run a PHP-based groupware system.