PHP4 *and* PHP5

I'm sure this is a FAQ - but I could not find a coherent statement of the
answer:

Some of my clients want PHP4.
Other ones want PHP5.

Can I run both PHP4 and PHP5 under the same instance of Apache -
both on port 80 - using different file extensions to distinguish
between them?
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re: PHP4 *and* PHP5

On Fri, 5 Mar 2004 12:08:07 GMT, Tim Tyler <tim@tt1lock.org> wrote:
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>I'm sure this is a FAQ - but I could not find a coherent statement of the
>answer:
>
>Some of my clients want PHP4.
>Other ones want PHP5.
>
>Can I run both PHP4 and PHP5 under the same instance of Apache -
>both on port 80 - using different file extensions to distinguish
>between them?[/color]

Sounds like it should be possible, but I've just spent a bit of time trying to
set it up; if I have both libphp4.so and libphp5.so loaded in httpd.conf,
Apache silently fails to start. Remove one or the other and it works.

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re: PHP4 *and* PHP5

With total disregard for any kind of safety measures Tim Tyler
<tim@tt1lock.org> leapt forth and uttered:
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> I'm sure this is a FAQ - but I could not find a coherent
> statement of the answer:
>
> Some of my clients want PHP4.
> Other ones want PHP5.
>
> Can I run both PHP4 and PHP5 under the same instance of Apache -
> both on port 80 - using different file extensions to distinguish
> between them?[/color]

The only way I know of is to run one of them in CGI mode. Thats how I
have it configured on my local server at any rate.

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re: PHP4 *and* PHP5

Phil Roberts <philrob@holyflatnetshit.net> wrote or quoted:[color=blue]
> Tim Tyler <tim@tt1lock.org> leapt forth and uttered:[/color]
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> > I'm sure this is a FAQ - but I could not find a coherent
> > statement of the answer:
> >
> > Some of my clients want PHP4.
> > Other ones want PHP5.
> >
> > Can I run both PHP4 and PHP5 under the same instance of Apache -
> > both on port 80 - using different file extensions to distinguish
> > between them?[/color]
>
> The only way I know of is to run one of them in CGI mode. Thats how I
> have it configured on my local server at any rate.[/color]

Yes - I believe I came across instructions about how to do this
during my researching of the issue.

I suspect this would be too much of a mess for me - I think I give up.

PHP 4 wins over PHP 5 here today :-|
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re: PHP4 *and* PHP5

"Tim Tyler" <tim@tt1lock.org> wrote in message news:Hu4Hyp.M20@bath.ac.uk...[color=blue]
> Phil Roberts <philrob@holyflatnetshit.net> wrote or quoted:[color=green]
> > Tim Tyler <tim@tt1lock.org> leapt forth and uttered:[/color]
>[color=green][color=darkred]
> > > I'm sure this is a FAQ - but I could not find a coherent
> > > statement of the answer:
> > >
> > > Some of my clients want PHP4.
> > > Other ones want PHP5.
> > >
> > > Can I run both PHP4 and PHP5 under the same instance of Apache -
> > > both on port 80 - using different file extensions to distinguish
> > > between them?[/color]
> >
> > The only way I know of is to run one of them in CGI mode. Thats how I
> > have it configured on my local server at any rate.[/color][/color]

I'm pretty sure you can configure it to use php4 and php5 based on
extension. But as has been hinted you may find you have to use CGI mode (Not
absolutely sure) but yeah if you do you just point apache to head to your
php4 install for *.php4 files and send to your php5 for your *.php5 (or
whatever extension you might choose, depending on your platform you should
probably get away with *.php5suxthebigone).

-Steve

re: PHP4 *and* PHP5

Tim Tyler <tim@tt1lock.org> wrote in message news:<Hu3r1J.FIF@bath.ac.uk>...
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> Can I run both PHP4 and PHP5 under the same instance of Apache -
> both on port 80 - using different file extensions to distinguish
> between them?[/color]

FWIW I found http://www.schlitt.info/applications...5_prallel.html
This doesn't use the same Apache instance, but other followers of this
thread may not have that restiction.

-- CJ