magento CE 2.1.5 PHP help

Question

I am trying to use Magento locally on Windows with PHP 7.

I have followed this guide.

***** Step By Step *****

• Download the latest Apache Version - Zip-File
• Copy Apache24 folder from Zip-File to your C: Drive
• Navigate into C:/Apache24/bin
• Open file --httpd-- with Rightclick -- Run as Administrator .
• Open Start-menu -- Type in : cmd -- Right Click -- Run as Administrator
• Type in CMD ---- cd /Apache24/bin --
• Type in -- httpd -k install -- leave CMD open
• Download !!THREAD SAFE!! Version of PHP
• Open PHP Zip-File
• Create folder --PHP-- in the C: Drive
• Copy Content of PHP Zip-File to C:/PHP/
• Go to C:/PHP
• Search for File with name: "php7apache2_2.dll" and copy the name !! File has other name if older PHP version was downloaded !!
• Go to C:/Apache24/conf
• Open File "httpd" with Editor
• Scroll to bottom and add the following Code: " LoadModule php7_module "C:/PHP/php7apache2_4" AddHandler application/x-httpd-php .php PHPIniDir C:/PHP " !! Change PHP Version 7 to the one that you have chosen !!
• Search for line " DirectoryIndex index.html " Change to: "DirectoryIndex index.php index.html"
• Save and close
• Go back to CMD and type in " httpd -k restart "
• Download MySQL
• Install MySQL with downloaded installer "Developer Default"
• During Installation choose ROOT Password and save it for later use
• Download phpMyAdmin
• Copy Folder in Zip File into C:/Apache24/htdocs
• Rename copied folder into "phpmyadmin"
• Navigate to C:/PHP
• Rename File "php.ini-production" to "php.ini"
• Open php.ini with Editor
• Search for Line "extension=php_mbstring.dll"
• Remove Semicolon ";" in front of "extension=php_mbstring.dll" and "extension=php_mysqli.dll"
• Save Exit
• Open CMD and Type in " httpd -k restart "
• FINISHED!

However Magento is not compatible with PHP 7.

So i guess I need to use a different PHP version, so I tried PHP 5.4 but got stuck. I think i need to change:

" LoadModule php7_module "C:/PHP/php7apache2_4"

But cannot find the equivelent to C:/PHP/php7apache2_4.

Answer 1

Inchoo php7 is for magento 1.

As I understand from your question title you have magento 2.1.5 and it works with php 7 out of the box. You don't have to do anything.

Although it might not support minor versions of php 7 (like php7.0.0) - for that you would have to consult the official white paper http://devdocs.magento.com/guides/v2.1/install-gde/system-requirements-tech.html

UPDATE:

It might be that M2 installation file doesn't recognize your php version.

Disclaimer: this is a hack. Do not use it in production.

To temporarily fix that and have your M2 store installed you can try this hack:

Open up setup/src/Magento/Setup/Model/PhpRedinessCheck.php and change line 79

from:

$normalizedPhpVersion = $this->getNormalizedCurrentPhpVersion(PHP_VERSION);

to:

$normalizedPhpVersion = $this->getNormalizedCurrentPhpVersion('7.0.2');

then proceed with installation.

you fooled magento into thinking your php is 7.0.2

I did that to install M2 on php 7.1 - https://www.goivvy.com/blog/solved-magento-213-php-710

Answer 2

However Magento is not compatible with PHP 7.

So i guess I need to use a different PHP version, so I tried PHP 5.4 but got stuck. I think i need to change:

You make the wrong assumption here. Magento 2.1 does not work with PHP 5.4, Magento 2.2 will not even work with PHP 5.6 anymore, so you really should use PHP 7. But it has to be PHP 7.0, because Magento 2.1 is not yet compatible with PHP 7.1.

To help you with your installation, you should explain what the problem was that lead to your conclusion that Magento does not work with PHP 7.

By the way, running Magento 2 on Windows is possible in theory but it has some pitfalls, like:

• Magento must have permissions to create symlinks in developer mode
• It can easily happen that the maximum NTFS path length of 255 is reached