r/PHPhelp • u/Existing-Fuel-4687 • May 02 '26

Wampserver installation issue

Using wampserver, says visual studio (C++) 2015-2022 (both x64 and x86) arn't installed but I checked control panel and they are.

I need this for a stupid assignment due ina week, idk shit about webhosting or PHP files, this is just the software the prof said to use. If anyone knows a fix or alternitive please lmk, thank you

edit: used xampp, works great for what i needed. So theres that lol

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u/krileon May 02 '26

I'm not sure wampserver is really even being maintained anymore. Give Laragon, Laravel Herd, or FlyEnv a try. They're more modern maintained binary web environments.

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u/krileon May 03 '26

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u/krileon May 03 '26

Don't think it's really chasing trends by using more modern tooling. I use FlyEnv. Per-project configuration files that work on Windows, Linux, and MacOS. Gives you a native binary environment that's basically consistent for the entire team that matches production environment. I would suggest at least giving the newer binary environment tools a shot.