How to update apache and PHP

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#1

Situation
I got a new win 11 computer and want to transfer OEMR. I am running 5.0. I simply copied the entire XAMPP directory and luckily that seems to work. I wanted to upgrade to 6.0. When I follow the upgrade directions, and try to update my data, I get the message that my PHP version is too low. I am not so knowledgeable about all this. I tried playing with a new install but have no idea how to get my old data into it. What can I do?

OpenEMR Version
I’m using OpenEMR version 5.0, want to upgrade to 6.0

Browser:
I’m using: chrome

Operating System
I’m using: win 11

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#2

hi @Harold_Kornylak , install a new xampp, php 7.4, on the win 11 and then bring the openemr folder over to the htdocs directory and run the upgrade script.

#3

Thanks for the reply.
That didn’t seem to work when I tried it. I had no patient data. Isn’t my data in the MySQL directory?
And what kind of initialization would I do to get the system ready - the install script sets up all the passwords permissions and databases. Would I run that? The directions say not to.

#4

Ok, forget that bad advice, sorry. The trick is the export of the old mysql database and import into the new version. See this wiki doc.