How to install PHP 5.5 on WinXp

Question

I downloaded the 5.5.4 x86 VC11 version of PHP. The windows installer is missing, since PHP developers don't produce anymore it. I need just the PHP console, I don't need Apache, but I can't launch the PHP binary since I get "not a valid Win32 application" error. I already installed the Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2012 library, what is missing?

Answer 1

Since PHP 5.5

Support for Windows XP and 2003 has been dropped. Windows builds of PHP now require Windows Vista or newer.

Official sources: backward incompatible changes , changelog , first alpha release notes , breaking commit .

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But there is an unofficial build of PHP 5.6 at http://www.apachelounge.com/viewtopic.php?t=6334

Answer 2

You can use IIS in windows XP to create an local server in your pc

• get reference on installing IIS here
• then download an install php msi for iis you can get latest available version here
• And last download this small IIS plugin "PHP Manager" from here