AlmaLinux 8 + PHP 5.6 +WHM

[basicnet]

Hello All:

AlmaLinux 8 does not support PHP 5.6.
But I found the following posting about a workaround:

Install PHP 5.6 on AlmaLinux 8 – ServerOK

To install PHP 5.6 on AlmaLinux 8, first enable epel repository. install remi repository with the command Now you can install PHP 5.6 with You can execute PHP with the command If you want PHP 5.6…

serverok.in

If we do this install, will PHP 5.6 then appear in WHM's "MultiPHP Manager"?

Thanks!
John

 

[quietFinn]

Short answer: no

 

[basicnet]

Thank you, quietFinn.
If an existing CentOS 7.x / cPanel server is 'upgraded' to AlmaLinux 8 -- and then PHP 5.6 is installed via the above mentioned method -- do you think that existing accounts set to PHP 5.6 would still be at 5.6, or would the AlmaLinux 8 move have automatically forced them into a higher version. (I obviously have not yet done that upgrade.)

 

[vacancy]

Cpanel php versions are managed by easyapache 4 and integrate with its own rpm and api hooks. You may run into problems with this kind of custom configuration.

For older php versions you have 2 options.

1) Cloudlinux (php selector or easyapache 4)
2) Using the imunify360 hardened php feature. (easyapache 4)

In these 2 options, easyapache 4 rpm's change with cloudlinux php rpms and you can activate older php versions via easyapache 4.