vcruntime140.dll 14.0 not compatible with PHP build

php, vcredist, windows-server-2016

Solution

Turns out PHP 7.4.x requires Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2019 which can be downloaded here under the heading Other Tools and Frameworks

Problem

I have downloaded PHP 7.4.1 NTS vc15 x86 on a Windows Server 2016 machine. I have also downloaded and installed `vc_redist.x86.exe`. When I try and run `php-cgi` from the command prompt I get the following error: PHP Warning: 'vcruntime140.dll' 14.0 is not compatible with this PHP build linked with 14.16 in Unknown on line 0 Any ideas on how to resolve this? I guess I could install an older version of PHP from the archives but this doesn't really address the problem.

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