What's the recommended way to get PHP 5.3?

Ovidiu · Post by **Ovidiu** » Thu May 11, 2017 9:22 am

I need a server for a testing/migration project running PHP 5.3. Yes I know its old and outdated and so on and so forth yet I still need this.

What would be the recommended way?
- should I go with debian squeeze? Its old and outdated (I think this was the last Debian release which had PHP 5.3)
- should I go with debian Jessie and use snapshots.debian.org? Its going to be horrible pinning all needed packages

I basically need to simulate an old environment with a surprisingly NEW MYSQL-SERVER of 5.6 PHP 5.3.X and Apache2.X - any suggestions on the most elegant way to achieve this? This is for testing and for the migration phase of a website to newer versions.

Can VESTA help me do this somehow? I can't seem to find VESTA minimal requirements.

Post by **skurudo** » Fri May 12, 2017 6:20 am

Ovidiu wrote:I need a server for a testing/migration project running PHP 5.3. Yes I know its old and outdated and so on and so forth yet I still need this.

Vesta will install software from your OS repo, if there is outdated soft - you get this
or you can use 3rd party script and compile any php version ->
viewtopic.php?f=19&t=10854
viewtopic.php?f=19&t=12737

Ovidiu wrote:Can VESTA help me do this somehow? I can't seem to find VESTA minimal requirements.

There is minimal requirements:
https://vestacp.com/install/

Ovidiu · Post by **Ovidiu** » Fri May 12, 2017 6:52 pm

skurudo wrote: Vesta will install software from your OS repo, if there is outdated soft - you get this

doesn't look like it. Before installing VESTA I did a yum list php and php-5.3.29 was the version listed to be installed. After installing VESTA its now php-5.6.30 :-( any ideas if vesta added any repos to change this? I did a yum update before installing VESTA and it was still pointing to 5.3.29

Post by **skurudo** » Mon May 15, 2017 4:06 am

Ovidiu wrote:Before installing VESTA I did a yum list php and php-5.3.29 was the version listed to be installed.

doesn't look like it...

anyway, you can use 3rd party script and compile any php version

Ovidiu · Post by **Ovidiu** » Mon May 15, 2017 6:01 am

doesn't look like it...

What's that supposed to mean?

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cat /etc/centos-release
CentOS release 6.9 (Final)

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yum list php
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
 * base: centos.mirrors.ovh.net
 * epel: fr.mirror.babylon.network
 * extras: centos.quelquesmots.fr
 * updates: centos.mirrors.ovh.net
mysql-connectors-community                                                                  | 2.5 kB     00:00
mysql-tools-community                                                                       | 2.5 kB     00:00
mysql56-community                                                                           | 2.5 kB     00:00
Installed Packages
php.x86_64                                            5.3.3-49.el6                                            @base

but nevermind, I ended up setting all up by hand and skipping the use of VestaCP for this installation.

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