Update to PHP8.5.0-RC3 (no replies)

For all early adopters, here are the modifications I did to let PHP scripts run in PHP 8.5.0-RC3 environment. Assuming that you already use version PHP 8.4.14 in WAMP server 3.3.8

- Exit your WAMP server.

-Create a new subfolder in WAMP
C:/wamp64/bin/php/php8.5.0

-Download PHP 8.5 RC3 from
[php.watch]
and unzip it into the new folder.

Restart your server and activate PHP Version 8.5.0 in Tray Menu Manager

- Let the server automatically update, and afterward exit again your WAMP server.

- Ensure that in script
C:/wamp64/bin/php/php8.5.0/phpForApache.ini
the row
extension=openssl
is uncommented.

- If necessary, in the same script change
extension_dir ="c:/wamp64/bin/php/php8.4.14/ext/"
to
extension_dir ="c:/wamp64/bin/php/php8.5.0/ext/"

- Restart your WAMP server and run your applications now in PHP8.5RC3 environment.
The above should also work if the official release of PHP 8.5.0 will be published on 2025-11-20
as RC3 is nearly the final version

tecmade