Re: Apache handler with Multiple PHP versions

On Wed, 11 Jul 2007 19:25:32 -0500 (CDT), "Richard Lynch" <ceo@l-i-e.com> wrote: > On Wed, July 11, 2007 6:13 pm, Tijnema wrote: >> On 7/12/07, Jani Taskinen <jani.taskinen@sci.fi> wrote: >>> A lot easier (and works already) is to install PHP as CGI/FastCGI >>> (one version or all of them, one can be module of course) and define >>> the >>> required PHP version by the file suffix.. >>> >>> --Jani >> >> Hello Jani: >> >> I know this is possible, and I believe it is possible in Apache too >> with some kind of hack? >> But this still doesn't solve a lot of problems, but will generate a >> lot more with portable code. Take a bulletin board for example, there >> are a lot of files inside a board, and when you want to install that >> on your host that has PHP5 for files with .php5, you need to rename a >> hell lot of files to .php5, AND change code inside the .php5 files to >> point to the renamed files. > > No, you add a <Directory> config in httpd.conf or add to .htaccess a > line like > <Files ~.php> > ForceType whatever/gets/you/to/php-5 > </Files> > > Other problems: > > Getting 2 PHP modules to co-exist without tromping on each others' > symbols is, I think, the show-stopper... > > It was possible to have PHP3 and PHP4 both as modules, I think, but > that was an anomoly? So which one of the developers broke this /feature/ in 5? ;) > > You also would have to re-think what happens when a version is > requested that isn't installed at all... > > You currently have it just run in the default version, I think, but is > that really useful? If the code really NEEDS PHP 5, and the server > doesn't have 5, only 4, running the code that needs 5 is probably not > the right action... > > -- > Some people have a "gift" link here. > Know what I want? > I want you to buy a CD from some indie artist. > http://cdbaby.com/browse/from/lynch > Yeah, I get a buck. So? > > -- > PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php ///////////////////////////////////////////////////// Service provided by hitOmeter.NET internet messaging! .