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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Apache handler with Multiple PHP versions
From: giunta.gaetano@gmail.com ("Gaetano Giunta")

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> On 7/12/07, chris# <chris#@codewarehouse.net> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, 12 Jul 2007 11:38:44 +0200, Tijnema <tijnema@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Hello Richard,
>> >
>> > On 7/12/07, 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>
>> >
>> > 1) Did you ever see a shared host that has multiple versions
>> > configured like this?
>> > 2) This will end up to be confusing for the end user, as they will
>> > need to create the .htaccess file (as most users don't have write
>> > rights for httpd.conf)
>> This is no more unusual that adding/eliminating directory access.
>> Which is pretty common stuff for users on a hosting companies box.
>> Extremely simple too. The hosting outfit will /surely/ indicate
>> any changes they need to make to provide them with the /added/
>> functionality. Maybe even add an applet in the Cpanel for it.
>
> My host hasn't a single .htaccess file ;)
> (Using DirectAdmin..)

Not really an excellent option for web hosters, but the easiest way I
set up "alot" of php versions on my dev box (1 as apache module, all
the rest cgi, of course) is using virtual hosts:
every virtual host listens to either a different port or a different
server name, eg: php4server.my.domain, and binds .php and .inc files
to a different cgi app/php version.
This way there is no need to rename files or keep multiple copies
around, and it is pretty useful eg. for heavy unit testing: if the
code does not work in a particular php version, add some hackish ifdef
equivalent and you're done.

Bye
Gaetano

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