I’m trying to update my PHP version to the brand new PHP 8. I have followed simular steps as this tutorial. But now the following error is shown:
12:06:23 [Apache] Error: Apache shutdown unexpectedly.
12:06:23 [Apache] This may be due to a blocked port, missing dependencies,
12:06:23 [Apache] improper privileges, a crash, or a shutdown by another method.
12:06:23 [Apache] Press the Logs button to view error logs and check
12:06:23 [Apache] the Windows Event Viewer for more clues
12:06:23 [Apache] If you need more help, copy and post this
12:06:23 [Apache] entire log window on the forums
Notice: I have used a brand new XAMPP instalation version 7.2.33.
I can’t find the solution for my issue.
Edit
It is saying that I need to look into the Log files hower they are completly empty since it’s a brand new installation.
This is my httpd-xampp.conf
:
<IfModule env_module>
SetEnv MIBDIRS "C:/xampp/php/extras/mibs"
SetEnv MYSQL_HOME "\xampp\mysql\bin"
SetEnv OPENSSL_CONF "C:/xampp/apache/bin/openssl.cnf"
SetEnv PHP_PEAR_SYSCONF_DIR "\xampp\php"
SetEnv PHPRC "\xampp\php"
SetEnv TMP "\xampp\tmp"
</IfModule>
#
# PHP-Module setup
#
LoadFile "C:/xampp/php/php8ts.dll"
LoadFile "C:/xampp/php/libpq.dll"
LoadModule php8_module "C:/xampp/php/php8apache2_4.dll"
LoadFile "C:/xampp/php/libsqlite3.dll"
<FilesMatch ".php$">
SetHandler application/x-httpd-php
</FilesMatch>
<FilesMatch ".phps$">
SetHandler application/x-httpd-php-source
</FilesMatch>
#
# PHP-CGI setup
#
#<FilesMatch ".php$">
# SetHandler application/x-httpd-php-cgi
#</FilesMatch>
#<IfModule actions_module>
# Action application/x-httpd-php-cgi "/php-cgi/php-cgi.exe"
#</IfModule>
<IfModule php8_module>
PHPINIDir "C:/xampp/php"
</IfModule>
<IfModule mime_module>
AddType text/html .php .phps
</IfModule>
ScriptAlias /php-cgi/ "C:/xampp/php/"
<Directory "C:/xampp/php">
AllowOverride None
Options None
Require all denied
<Files "php-cgi.exe">
Require all granted
</Files>
</Directory>
<Directory "C:/xampp/cgi-bin">
<FilesMatch ".php$">
SetHandler cgi-script
</FilesMatch>
<FilesMatch ".phps$">
SetHandler None
</FilesMatch>
</Directory>
<Directory "C:/xampp/htdocs/xampp">
<IfModule php8_module>
<Files "status.php">
php_admin_flag safe_mode off
</Files>
</IfModule>
AllowOverride AuthConfig
</Directory>
<IfModule alias_module>
Alias /licenses "C:/xampp/licenses/"
<Directory "C:/xampp/licenses">
Options +Indexes
<IfModule autoindex_color_module>
DirectoryIndexTextColor "#000000"
DirectoryIndexBGColor "#f8e8a0"
DirectoryIndexLinkColor "#bb3902"
DirectoryIndexVLinkColor "#bb3902"
DirectoryIndexALinkColor "#bb3902"
</IfModule>
Require local
ErrorDocument 403 /error/XAMPP_FORBIDDEN.html.var
</Directory>
Alias /phpmyadmin "C:/xampp/phpMyAdmin/"
<Directory "C:/xampp/phpMyAdmin">
AllowOverride AuthConfig
Require local
ErrorDocument 403 /error/XAMPP_FORBIDDEN.html.var
</Directory>
Alias /webalizer "C:/xampp/webalizer/"
<Directory "C:/xampp/webalizer">
<IfModule php8_module>
<Files "webalizer.php">
php_admin_flag safe_mode off
</Files>
</IfModule>
AllowOverride AuthConfig
Require local
ErrorDocument 403 /error/XAMPP_FORBIDDEN.html.var
</Directory>
</IfModule>
6
Answers
Rewriting
php8_module
tophp_module
(all occurrences) in"httpd-xampp.conf" file solved the
Error: Apache shutdown unexpectedly
problem for me 🙂Running PHP 8 on XAMPP is easy now since XAMPP new version released with PHP 8 update. Install XAMPP, and run first PHP program using XAMPP Server on localhost. Following are the steps:
Download and Install XAMPP
Step 1: Go to the Apache Friends website and download XAMPP Server (supporting PHP 8). Apache Friends is the official website to download XAMPP:
Download XAMPP
Step 2: After downloading, install it.
You can install it at any location. We installed XAMPP i.e. C: drive,
Create a new project in XAMPP
Step 3: Now, go to htdocs folder in Xampp folder and create your project folder.
Here, a folder AmitProject created, as in the below screenshot:
Follow this tutorial and you won’t need to update any settings shown above.
PHP load error: %1 is not a valid Win32 application.
then also download new apache version…Or instead of downloading the modules separately, just do a new XAMPP installation with the desired version and copy php+apache dirs, then unistall the old one. From the old apache dir get the httpd*.conf files or correct their paths.
This error is the result of an xampp misconfiguration for the new php version (means wrong entries in xampp/apache/conf/extra/httpd-xampp.conf).
Luckily, you can check the configuration of the apache server with this shell command:
(Replace the drive letter with your installation drive letter, also change the xampp folder if you have xampp installed in a custom folder.)
If you see
Syntax OK
php should work basically (don’t forget to copy/adjust the php.ini file). If not, the output ofhttpd.exe -t
offer useful hints what should be changed in httpd-xampp.conf.IN https://windows.php.net/download#php-8.0
What is very important you have to download the "Thread Safe" version. otherwise you have no "php8apache2_4.dll" and you need that so that php8 works with apache in XAMPP.
I choose this way
Back up your XAMPP and htdocs files,
then uninstall XAMPP,
Download New XAMPP Version,
Install XAMPP
configure the path to your back-up htdocs files or Project Files -> httpd.config
you should find this so that you can customize the path