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Extract the 'xampp' folder suggesting to use C:/ as the target folder.in der datei xampp/php/php.ini muss die Zeile
Remove the Semicolon infront of the line
;extension=php_sockets.dll
auskommentiert werdeninside of xampp/php/php.ini
Linux:
Download the installer of the current version (at the time of this writing: 7.1.7)
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