Xampp: Php 7.1.3

This means it does not receive security patches for newly discovered vulnerabilities. In fact, PHP 7.1 reached its official end of life on December 1, 2019, and no longer receives any security updates.

Under System Variables , find and select , then click Edit . Click New and paste your PHP path: C:\xampp\php .

Look for . (XAMPP versioning matches the core PHP version it includes). Select your operating system: xampp php 7.1.3

<div class="form-group"> <label for="phone">Phone</label> <input type="tel" id="phone" name="phone" value="<?php echo htmlspecialchars($phone ?? ''); ?>"> </div>

Replace the php/ folder inside a modern XAMPP with PHP 7.1.3 binaries. – many components (like phpMyAdmin) expect certain PHP features. This means it does not receive security patches

PHP 7.1.3 (it was deprecated in 7.2 and removed in 7.4). If your legacy app complains about mcrypt:

Composer is the dependency manager for PHP. Even if your command line shows a different PHP version than XAMPP uses, you can install Composer globally and specify the correct PHP path when needed. Click New and paste your PHP path: C:\xampp\php

: Copy your existing xampp/php and xampp/apache folders to a safe location.

By default, XAMPP comes with some security risks that are acceptable for local development but should be addressed if your XAMPP server is accessible over a network: