Myron Turner wrote: > Christopher Weldon wrote: >> You actually don't even have to run a second instance of Apache. From >> what I've heard of other hosting companies doing, you can use the same >> Apache installation and run PHP4 and PHP5 concurrently.
if you use CGI for one of them then yes - but not if you [want to] use the apache module for both of them, this is due to symbol clashes between php4 and php5 modules when they are loaded simultaneously. please correct me if I have the wrong end of the stick. >> >> However, the only thing you'd have to do is one of the following: >> >> 1) For PHP4 apps and scripts, leave the .php extension and rename all >> PHP5 apps and scripts with a .php5 extension. Where you have the string: >> >> DirectoryIndex index.php index.html >> >> add: index.php5 to it. And where you have the string: >> >> AddType application/x-httpd-php .php >> >> Change it to: >> >> AddType application/x-httpd-php4 .php >> >> Also, add another line: >> >> AddType application/x-httpd-php5 .php5 >> >> Make sure you include both the php4 and php5 modules, restart apache >> and voila! PHP4 and PHP5 on the same server using 1 installation of >> Apache. >> >> 2) Do the same as above, but use .php4 extensions instead of .php5. >> >> 3) Additionally, after doing 5 minutes of Googling, I found that you >> can have .htaccess files to control which applications use PHP4 and >> which use PHP5 with the following directive: >> >> AddHandler application/x-httpd-php5 .php >> >> This would circumvent having to rename the extensions of your PHP >> files, as you could then do directory specific PHP4/5 app running. You >> still have to make certain Apache has both the PHP4 and PHP5 modules >> loaded, obviously. >> -- > This has come up a few times recently, and I added my own two cents, > which required two separate Apaches installs on the same server, which > I'd done for myself. But this solution is really cool! > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
