Running 2 php versions...

[felipe_lopes]

Hi there!

Is it possible to run on my machine 2 php versions?

I've tried to download other webserver and install the other php version on it but came out wrong.

What I want is to test php 5 without uninstalling the php I'm using right now...Is it possible??

Thanks in advance!

[codeDV]

On unix I its as easy as copying the PHP.ini and creating a small shell script and setting it up to use them from Apache. I do it on my unix system as I have three virtual hosts - each of which uses it own PHP.ini .

Shell Script:
#!/bin/sh

/usr/local/lib/php -c /path/to/php.ini $1

You'll need to change change the path accordingly in your Apache configuration. For example if you shell script is kept in your CGI-BIN and called php you would use the following:

# php cgi config
AddType application/x-httpd-php .php
Action application/x-httpd-php "/cgi-bin/php"


I'm not sure whether this carries any security concerns. As long as that shell script is outside the document root and has only read and execute permissions it should be fine.

[felipe_lopes]

Thanx codeDV!

But I forgot to say that I'm under win98!

Is there any way to do this under win plataform?

thanx again!