PHP 8.4 (released November 2024) introduces property hooks, asymmetric visibility, and DOM HTML5 parsing. No new features will ever be backported to PHP 7.4.

While the official Apache Friends download page focuses on 64-bit versions for current PHP releases, you can find the 32-bit installers on their official SourceForge Repository :

To verify that XAMPP 32 bits with PHP 7.4 is working correctly, perform the following tests:

: If you are on a newer Windows system, you might see a User Account Control (UAC) warning. To avoid permission issues, do not install XAMPP in C:\Program Files . The default C:\xampp is recommended.

Standard releases in the 7.4 series typically include the following stack: XAMPP Installers and Downloads for Apache Friends : 7.4.x (e.g., 7.4.1, 7.4.29) phpMyAdmin : 1.1.1 series Technical Considerations Visual C++ Redistributable : PHP 7.4 on Windows requires the