Bug #60756 [Com]: Unable to upgrade

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=60756&edit=1 ID: 60756 Comment by: anon at anon dot anon Reported by: lucien_sabre at yahoo dot it Summary: Unable to upgrade Status: Open Type: Bug Package: *General Issues Operating System: Windows7 32Bit PHP Version: Irrelevant Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: It's not moronic to be a beginner, it's moronic to not just try it and learn by experimentation. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2012-01-16 15:29:13] lucien_sabre at yahoo dot it Once I back up the original files, what do I do? I'm a complete beginner ***moron*** in these cases ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2012-01-16 14:53:38] anon at anon dot anon So back up the install folder first then. But I doubt it can be too strangely laid out because I've never had a problem just running copies of PHP arbitrarily from extracted zips. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2012-01-16 13:07:13] lucien_sabre at yahoo dot it I tried downloading the zipped version, to simply overwrite the existing files, but I didn't understand where to put the files - and I'm a bit afraid of messing up current installation. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2012-01-14 22:01:41] anon at anon dot anon >What can I do to upgrade my version? Download the zip instead. Unzip into the install directory to overwrite the existing files. Never used the installer so can't really advise about that, sorry. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2012-01-14 21:12:32] lucien_sabre at yahoo dot it Description: ------------ I cannot upgrade my PHP version. I already had this problem last year, when I tried to upgrade from PHP 5.3.0 to 5.3.5; after a couple of mails, you dismissed me by saying my version wasn't updated and that I should download the latest version from the Downloads page...but that was what I had done and it hadn't worked. So, I stuck with version 3.5.0 and waited. Today, I tried to download latest version 5.3.9, but I got the same error - that you can see in http://i904.photobucket.com/albums/ac242/luciensabre/install_error.png. What can I do to upgrade my version? Test script: --------------- // Expected result: ---------------- // Actual result: -------------- // ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=60756&edit=1