Upgrade php version from 7 to 8.1 in windows 10 64 bit OS

i have xampp v3.2.4 installed in my C:\xampp

now download the php from php.net
I have downloaded php version 8.1.13-win32-vs16-x64

now copy the php folder to php7 in c:\xampp

now you have two folders with same content
c:\xampp\php
c:\xampp\php7

now extract the zip file over here in c:\xampp\php8 folder

now copy all the content of C:\xampp\php8 folder in C:\xampp\php folder

that's it DONE

restart the apache server
now