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How can I run multiple PHP versions?
Install PHP (5.6, 7. x, 8.0) on Ubuntu Using PPA
- First start by adding Ondřej Surý PPA to install different versions of PHP – PHP 5.6, PHP 7. x, and PHP 8.0 on the Ubuntu system.
- Next, update the system as follows. $ sudo apt-get update.
- Now install different supported versions of PHP as follows.
How do I run multiple PHP versions in xampp?
Run multiple version of PHP in XAMPP Windows (Without installing multiple XAMPP)
- Step 1: Download PHP.
- Step 2: Configure php.ini.
- Step 3: Configure apache.
- Note: You can add more versions of PHP to your xampp installation following step 1 to 3 if you want.
- Step 4 (option 1): [Add Directories to run specific PHP version]
What are the advantages of using Gentoo for PHP?
One of the great advantages of using Gentoo for PHP development is the version slotting. It is very simple to swap between multiple versions of PHP as well as run multiple versions simultaneously. This is all done with the eselect command provided by the app-eselect/eselect-php package which should get emerged in automatically by installing PHP.
Can you use more than one version of PHP in Apache?
Although multiple PHP versions can be installed on a system, Apache can only use a single PHP version with mod_php. Support for multiple PHP versions on Apache is available using fpm. The eselect php command is used to switch between active mod PHP versions.
How to run multiple versions of PHP on Ubuntu?
Once installed, you should have two new sockets in /var/run/php/. In Step 3, we will use the directive to tell Apache which PHP socket to use. If you intend on using MySQL, you must install the MySQL extension for both PHP 7.x and PHP 5.6.
Where is the PHP fpm.ini file in Gentoo?
Since Gentoo ships with a working php-fpm.ini file, located in /etc/php/fpm-php5/php-fpm.ini, and init script, starting the services is all that is needed: To configure Apache to load the PHP5 module (mod_php), add -D PHP to APACHE2_OPTS variable in /etc/conf.d/apache2.