How can I use and older version of PHP not available in EasyApache?

[Abbas]

Just discovered that I needed something older than PHP 5.1.5 or 4.4.4 for one of the scripts to work, however, EasyApache doesnt let me go that far. How can I make Apache with an older version of php?

 

[cPanelDavidG]

I just want to give a head's up that it's generally a bad idea to run old versions of PHP. This is largely due to the security issues older versions contain that are resolved in more recent versions.

Check out the PHP changelogs for yourself:

PHP 5: http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php
PHP 4 (EOL): http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-4.php

 

[Abbas]

Agreed- but one of the applications I want to use requires curl to be used in a way that has changed with PHP versions I mentioned above. That is the reason I was looking for a way to compile with an older version.

any suggestions?