#Download wamp server for php 5.2 install
#Download wamp server for php 5.2 zip file

You will also want to enable/disable any extensions that you need for your application(s). where MODE is the octal representation of the mode. Temporary directory for HTTP uploaded files (will use system default if not Directory in which the loadable extensions (modules) reside.Įxtension_dir = 'c:/wamp/bin/php/php5.2.14/ext/' Just do a search to find where in the file the lines are so you can make the changes (I noticed that the line numbers vary between php versions, so I didn’t include them here). The following lines indicate the changes you will need to make. You will also have to modify the extension_dir if you are installing a version other than 5.2.14. NOTE: You will need to modify the paths to reflect where your installation of WampServer is (mine is in C:/wamp). You need to make some changes to the php.ini file in order for it to work with WampServer.

#Download wamp server for php 5.2 zip file

Extract the contents of the zip file to C:/wamp/bin/php/php5.2.14 (change the path to reflect where you have WampServer installed and the version number to whatever version you are installing). No matter which source you choose to download the binaries from, download the zip package. The download on php.net doesn’t include those changes (it’s an older version). It turns out the php team made some changes to the php_curl.dll file to correct those issues. I ran into an issue where the cURL extension wouldn’t load. I recommend downloading the files from because they are more up-to-date. There are 2 sources for the binaries, php.net and.

#Download wamp server for php 5.2 install

I wanted to share my process so that you can do it to (and so that I know what I need to do if I have to install another version that isn’t available on WampServer). I decided to manually install php to see if I could get it running, and I succeeded. That version isn’t available for download on the WampServer website, but that doesn’t mean that I’m out of luck. The server that an upcoming client project will be hosted on will be running php version 5.2.14.

You can switch between versions in the WampServer menu on the icon in the system tray. I especially like that WampServer allows you to have multiple versions of php (and MySQL and Apache) installed. In my last blog post, I said that I like having a development environment on my computer (running Windows 7).