Updating VLSM on a Windows Machine

0. Backup

• Access phpMyAdmin via http://localhost/phpmyadmin in your browser
• Navigate to the vlsm database and select the Export tab
• Choose Custom - display all possible options
• In the Output section, select Zipped compression
• Scroll down and click Export to download the backup file
• Store the downloaded file securely

1. Download VLSM

• Obtain VLSM from https://github.com/deforay/vlsm
• Extract the VLSM folder contents
• Copy all files into C:\wamp64\www\vlsm
• Important: DON'T DELETE THE EXISTING VLSM FOLDER, JUST COPY FILES INTO IT

2. Completing the Update

Open terminal and execute the following composer commands:

cd C:\wamp64\www\vlsm

set PATH=C:\wamp64\bin\php\php8.2.13;%PATH%

php composer.phar install --no-dev
php composer.phar dump-autoload -o

php composer.phar post-update

Open http://vlsm in your browser to verify the update completed successfully.