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I am unable to complete the setup of Drupal 8. When I get to the third step then the error below will be displayed stating:

"You are running on a system where PHP is compiled or limited to using 32-bit integers. This will limit the range of dates and timestamps to the years 1901-2038. Read about the limitations of 32-bit PHP."

I am using a 32-bit windows 7 system. How can I resolve this issue?

Drupal 8.5.3 Setup Error with 32-bit PHP

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    Isn't there a "continue anyway" link or something at the bottom of the page? – Clive♦ May 12 '18 at 19:29
  • Re @Clive's comment, there is an issue to make this clearer. – mpdonadio♦ May 13 '18 at 17:37
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There is a "continue anyway" link at the bottom. I've had the same problem, but for the install process this is only a warning, and will not prevent you from using Drupal 8.

Also, credit to Clive for mentioning this first.

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  • I did step "continue anyway" from providing your information. I will see the final step on the installation. When I click on "View your existing site" then after my page will be blank and display some error. – priyank May 19 '18 at 10:41
  • Error display like: The website encountered an unexpected error. Please try again later.</br></br><em class="placeholder">Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\Exception\NotFoundHttpException</em>: in <em class="placeholder">Drupal\Core\PathProcessor\PathProcessorFront-&gt;processInbound()</em> (line <em class="placeholder">43</em> of <em class="placeholder">core\lib\Drupal\Core\PathProcessor\PathProcessorFront.php</em>) – priyank May 19 '18 at 10:44
  • That is going to be a separate issue. Look at your error logs for your server (you might have a missing PHP library or something set incorrectly), and if need be, wipe your database and start the installation over. – Mike Nolan May 20 '18 at 17:23
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To answer the question on how to "solve" the error or indeed the underlying issue - you cannot.

Due to the maximum size of a signed 32-bit integer the latest time/date a 32-bit integer can represent is 03:14:07 UTC on Tuesday, 19th January 2038 the only solution available is to use 64-bit software versions or work around the issue in other ways some ideas for how to resolve the issue are given in an answer to this question.

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  • This issue come up more for people who need timestamps in the past, before 1901. – mpdonadio♦ May 13 '18 at 17:41

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