`[Feature Request]` Manual upgrade for future PHP versions, please!

[sapioit]

Please make it so we can make our own addons to add new PHP versions. Right now, all the PHP versions are hard-coded in default_config_vars.pas, and it would be really nice if it got the versions, and all of their related variables, from an .ini file. Even if the .ini file has to link to a bunch of .ini files, each for it's own php version, I still think it would be a huge improvement.

After all, the lack of support for newer adding versions of PHP without having to rely on the developer to upload the app, is why I moved to Uniserver from Uwamp, when Uwamp stopped getting updates for newer versions of PHP, after PHP 7.2.0, and it's tool to manually download new PHP versions from the official website broke, too.

That way, you will likely not have to update the app for future versions of PHP, or even for other things instead of PHP. For example, instead of releasing an update for the whole app, you can simply make a new addon for when PHP 8.5 gets released. Also, people could, for example, try PHP alternatives, or even make their own ones.

There are many threads on the forum you made for the app, in which people complain about not being able to get newer versions of PHP for your app. I will only list a few.

• How to update PHP 8.3 to PHP 8.4 Independently

• Updating PHP 8.0.x to PHP 8.1.x: step by step guide

• Updating PHP 8.0.x / 7.4.x / 7.3.x: step by step guide

• php53 doesn't switch, installed module doesn't show

• for miniserver mediawiki how do i update php 5.2.6 to 7.3.19?

• How could I use an older version of php

• Is support for PHP 7.2 going to happen?

• UniController: No selection for php 53, 5.4 and 5.6

• Change to PHP 7.3

• Update PHP

And these are only a few of those I could quickly and easily find. I'm sure there are many more I didn't find.

@iamola , @sudeepjd , @s-bourdon , please solve this huge issue of the app.