What about dual PHP versions ?

Bringing the discussion over from G+ Community. As per the to do list, what about dual PHP versions ?

Last time I was thinking about the fact that some PHP scripts don't support newer PHP 5.4 or 5.5 versions and that usually has locked folks into running PHP 5.3 server wide. But some control panels out there allow running more than one PHP version. PHP-FPM itself is capable of such, so Centmin Mod should be able to do the same.

So I am entertaining for future beta release with the ability to run 2 PHP versions simultaneously - by default PHP 5.4.x and then a 2nd PHP version 5.3 or 5.5 and allow Centmin Mod users choose which version of PHP to run on a per domain/site basis. This would allow more flexibility overall.

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Most likely the same beta release as the one for the new Nginx vhost/chroot setup routine http://community.centminmod.com/threads/jailed-chrooted-sftp-ssh-user-nginx-vhost-menu.8/

How many folks here would need or use dual PHP version capabilities ?

 

eek PHP 5.2 is too old, but the dual PHP config would most likely be user definable so you can select which PHP versions are used for both PHP instances.

 

yeah probably after 123.09betas go stable for next release(s)

 

Well in theory i usually use separate servers for different php versions as it stands to reason that if you have web app/script that only supports EOL PHP 5.5/5.6 then it's code isn't as secure as PHP <5.5 at least doesn't get any more security updates. So you wouldn't want a site/web app/script using PHP <5.5 on the same server as a site/script using PHP 7.

 

yeah PHP 5.6 has security updates until Dec 31, 2018 so 1yr 8 months left PHP: Supported Versions