[CentOS] php 5.6 on CentOS 6

Alexander Dalloz
Sun, 21 Jun 2020 18:34:42 -0000

Am 21.06.2020 um 20:30 schrieb H:
> I am in the process of moving various apps and data off a CentOS 6 server
to a new server running CentOS 7. As part of the migration process I need to
upgrade an app and corresponding data files which requires php 5.6. I do have
php 5.5 (and 5.4) installed since earlier but now tried to install php 5.6 from
SCL which failed.
>
> This is the package I tried:
>
> https://www.softwarecollections.org/en/scls/rhscl/rh-php56/
>
> but the error message is that there is no package 5.6. Is this correct and
what would the recommended procedure then be since I do need 5.6 for this. Use
Remi's collection or something else? I was hoping SCL would have it since it
is well-tried and easy to sandbox on the computer.
>
> Thank you.
>
> H

PHP 5.6 is EOL. https://www.php.net/supported-versions.php

Why would a project like SCL spend any efford on patching that old PHP
release? Everyone using PHP is happy to get a current release. If your
application insists on using 5.6 then move on and look for a different
application.

Alexander