How to update plesk-engine PHP to 8.2.35 on Plesk 18.0.56 for Windows Server 2012 / 2012 R2

Question

How to update plesk-engine PHP to 8.2.35 on Plesk 18.0.56 for Windows Server 2012 / 2012 R2

Answer

1. Connect to the server via RDP.
2. Open Command Prompt as an Administrator.

3. Create a backup copy of the %plesk_dir%admin\engine folder:

   C:\> xcopy "%plesk_dir%admin\engine" "%plesk_dir%admin\engine.bak" /E /I /H /Y

4. Warning: The following steps will cause a brief service interruption.

   Stop the Plesk services:

   C:\> plesk bin repair --stop-plesk-website
   net stop PleskWebSocket

5. Download the php-8.2.35-nts-vs16-x64-bin.zip archive with plesk-engine PHP 8.2.35 and unpack it into the %plesk_dir%admin\engine folder, overwriting the existing files.

6. Start the Plesk services:

   C:\> net start PleskWebSocket
   plesk bin repair --start-plesk-website

To roll back the change, repeat steps 4 and 6 and restore the contents of the %plesk_dir%admin\engine folder from the %plesk_dir%admin\engine.bak copy between them.