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I have a perfectly working Wampserver 3.1.9 (64bit) running on a Windows 10 Pro desktop. It comes with PHP version 5.6.40 to 7.3.5. The problem I have is that when I switch to a different version of PHP, the tray will always say that it is running PHP version 7.3.5. The only way is for me to know what PHP version is currently running is to run phpinfo() on a webpage.

Anyone had this issue before and how can I resolve it so Wampserver will show the correct version. Thanks for any assistance in advanced.

Hi,

Please READ (and answer) BEFORE YOU ASK A QUESTION

- How do you switch the PHP version?

- Where do you look at the PHP version?

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Hi Otomatic. Like I said, the Wampserver is working fine. No errors and the icon is GREEN. Below are my answers to your 2 questions.

Q1: How do you switch the PHP version?
A1 : I click on the Wampserver icon on the systray then select PHP -> Version -> The PHP version I want to use. The Wampserver will restart but I check the systray again, it will ALWAY stay at version 7.3.5. I can see the version number (7.3.5) and when I am in the version tab, version 7.3.5 is always ticked.

Q2 : Where do you look at the PHP version?
A2 : I create a PHP file called info.php and in that file, I have the following code:-

<?php phpinfo(); ?>

That is how I checked what is the current version of PHP that Wampserver is running. This page will always show the PHP version I selected but in the Wampserver systray, it will ALWAYS show version 7.3.5 even if I select another PHP version.

Hope that made it clearer for everyone. Thanks.

Hi,

This is the first time I have seen such a problem, so I ask you to answer many questions:

In Wampserver homepage (localhost), what are :
- Server Software:
- PHP Version:
In the file wamp64/wampmanager.conf, what is the line:
- phpVersion =

After changing php version (which version?) what are the same values above?

In the two cases, in the file httpd.conf, what is the line (about 203) LoadModule php7_module
Nota : Left-Click -> Apache -> httpd.conf

Have you installed Wampserver as an administrator?
Do you start Wampserver via its shortcut?

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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/31/2019 06:08PM by Otomatic.

These are the answers you requested.

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This is when I selected PHP version 7.3.5

Server Software : Apache/2.4.39 (Win64) OpenSSL/1.1.1b PHP/7.3.5 mod_fcgid/2.3.9 - Port defined for Apache: 80
PHP Version: 7.3.5

DEFINE VERSION_PHP 7.3.5
LoadModule php7_module "${INSTALL_DIR}/bin/php/php7.3.5/php7apache2_4.dll"

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This is when I selected PHP version 5.6.40. Wampserver restarted after I changed the PHP version.

Server Software : Apache/2.4.39 (Win64) OpenSSL/1.1.1b PHP/5.6.40 mod_fcgid/2.3.9 - Port defined for Apache: 80
PHP Version : 5.6.40

DEFINE VERSION_PHP 5.6.40
LoadModule php5_module "${INSTALL_DIR}/bin/php/php5.6.40/php5apache2_4.dll"

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As you can see, the Wampserver works fine when switching between PHP versions. Only the Wampserver systray is not showing the correct PHP version as it is always showing PHP version 7.3.5 when it is actually running on PHP version 5.6.40.

This is the entry in wampmanager.conf when I am running on PHP version 7.3.5.

[php]
phpVersion = "7.3.5"
phpIniDir = "."
phpConfFile = "php.ini"
phpExeDir = "."
mysqlDefaultPort= "3306"

[phpCli]
phpCliVersion ="5.6.40"
phpExeFile = "php.exe"
phpCliFile = "php-win.exe"

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This is the entry in wampmanager.conf when I am running on PHP version 5.6.40.

[php]
phpVersion = "5.6.40"
phpIniDir = "."
phpConfFile = "php.ini"
phpExeDir = "."
mysqlDefaultPort= "3306"

[phpCli]
phpCliVersion ="5.6.40"
phpExeFile = "php.exe"
phpCliFile = "php-win.exe"

I just noticed this error message in the localhost page:

*** ERROR ***
The PHP configuration loaded file is: c:/wamp64/bin/php/php7.3.5/php.ini
- should be: c:/wamp64/bin/apache/apache2.4.39/bin/php.ini
or c:/wamp64/bin/php/php7.3.5/phpforapache.ini

You must perform: Right-click icon Wampmanager -> Refresh

- This file is only for PHP in Command Line -
Maybe you've added 'PHPIniDir' in the 'httpd.conf' file. Delete or comment this line.

Hi,

DEFINE VERSION_PHP 7.3.5
or
DEFINE VERSION_PHP 5.6.40

are not part of the original Wampserver 3.1.9 installation.
These lines have been added by you.

Just before the line LoadModule php7_module or LoadModule php5_module there should be:

PHPIniDir "${APACHE_DIR}/bin"

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Hi,

On the other hand, it is extremely strange, even magical, that the PHP version number is not changed in the left-click menu of the systray while it is perfectly changed in wampmanager.conf.

Indeed, the PHP version number is interpreted from the information in wampmanager.conf by:

$configurationFile = '../wampmanager.conf';
...
// Loading Wampserver configuration
$wampConf = @parse_ini_file($configurationFile);
...
$c_phpVersion = $wampConf['phpVersion'];
...

then in wampmanager.tpl

Type: submenu; Caption: "PHP		${c_phpVersion}"; SubMenu: phpMenu; Glyph: 38

which results, after refreshing, in the file wampmanager.ini:

Type: submenu; Caption: "PHP		7.3.5"; SubMenu: phpMenu; Glyph: 38

And, if the PHP version changes to 5.6.40 in wampmanager.conf, this line of wampmanager.ini becomes:

Type: submenu; Caption: "PHP		5.6.40"; SubMenu: phpMenu; Glyph: 38

This displays the version number in the left-click menu of wampmanager.

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Hi. This is the full entry in httpd.conf for both version

==================================
Wampserver running PHP version 7.3.5
==================================
PHPIniDir "${APACHE_DIR}/bin"
DEFINE VERSION_PHP 7.3.5
LoadModule php7_module "${INSTALL_DIR}/bin/php/php7.3.5/php7apache2_4.dll"
==================================

==================================
Wampserver running PHP version 5.6.40
==================================
PHPIniDir "${APACHE_DIR}/bin"
DEFINE VERSION_PHP 5.6.40
LoadModule php5_module "${INSTALL_DIR}/bin/php/php5.6.40/php5apache2_4.dll"
==================================

So that PHPIniDir entry is there in httpd.conf. Could that error in the localhost page be a possible cause for this?

Hi,

I repeat :

DEFINE VERSION_PHP 7.3.5
and
DEFINE VERSION_PHP 5.6.40

Do not exist in the original Wampserver 3.1.9.

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Hi,

> The PHP configuration loaded file is: c:/wamp64/bin/php/php7.3.5/php.ini
> - should be: c:/wamp64/bin/apache/apache2.4.39/bin/php.ini

This is seen by phpinfo() launched from localhost page.

It must always be:

Loaded configuration file : c:\wamp64\bin\apache\apache2.4.39\bin\php.ini

regardless of the php version used.

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Hello, I wanted to suggest a possible solution to the original problem of the Tray not updating to the correction version of PHP.

I was having the same problem. Someplace I read that running php refresh.php from with the the wamp64/scripts directory should force an update to the tray, so I tried that and got a php out of memory error on line refresh.php:549. This was ultimately being caused by a giant file in /wamp64/logs. I deleted the file in logs, and reran php refresh.php and no more out of memory error. After than I've had no problems. If you change the php version from the tray, it promptly refreshes and displays the new version.

Hi,

Thank you for answering eighteen months after the question.

Thank you for answering with the solution that was already given several times long before you woke up!

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