I have got issue of php version when I using #composer to install #laravel, composer says “Your php version 5.2 is out dated”. Its not difficult to update version of php and xampp.
Download the latest version of xampp with latest build of #PHP version from https://www.apachefriends.org/index.html after the downloading install it to your desire directory I always choose D: driver and install if with new name like newxampp if already old xampp exists in same directory.
Copy data folder from \xamppold\mysql\ and paste into newxampp\mysql\