I am sharing the method here so that if anyone needs to use PHP 8.3 quickly, you can try updating XAMPP by manually replacing the PHP version with a newer one:
Step 1
Before making any changes, it's always a good idea to backup your important files and databases to avoid data loss.
Step 2
Make sure XAMPP is not running. You can stop the Apache and MySQL services from the XAMPP Control Panel.
Step 3
Go to the XAMPP installation directory and navigate to the php folder. Rename the existing php folder to something like php_backup.
Step 4
Visit the official PHP website (https://windows.php.net/download#php-8.3) and download the Windows version of PHP 8.3.4 (Current).
Xampp using Thread Safe version so we have to download VS16 x64 Thread Safe (2024-Mar-13 12:02:32)
This is direct link to download:
https://windows.php.net/downloads/releases/php-8.3.4-Win32-vs16-x64.zip
Step 5
Then, copy the contents of the PHP 8.3.4 folder that you downloaded into the XAMPP php folder.
Step 6
Create new folder inside php folder and name it "windowsXamppPhp" for example you have c:\xampp\php\windowsXamppPhp path and copy again the contents of the PHP 8.3.4 into the windowsXamppPhp folder too (I do not know why! But xampp does it so I did just to make sure).
Step 7
I also copied other folders and files from php_backup to the php folder which were now missing in the downloaded php 8.3.4, which are:
cfg
CompatInfo
data
docs
man
pear
scripts
tests
tmp
www
CompatInfo.php
webdriver-test-example.php
Step 8
Now we need php.ini file!
Duplicate "php.ini-development" in php root folder and rename it "php.ini"
Personally, I used the online comparison tool to make the PHP configuration the same as XAMPP, so that I could compare the new php.ini file with the old one in php_backup faster and better and make sure you enabled desire php extension such as mysqli, gd, pdo_mysql, pdo_sqlite ...
Step 9
Now you can start the Apache and MySQL services from the XAMPP Control Panel.
Check http://localhost/dashboard/phpinfo.php
I hope this helps :)
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