Multiple versions of PHP (Debian Stretch 9.x)

sudo apt install -y ca-certificates apt-transport-https
wget -q https://packages.sury.org/php/apt.gpg -O- \
  | sudo apt-key add -
echo "deb https://packages.sury.org/php/ stretch main" \
  | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/php.list
#
sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade
#
# php5.6 + modules
sudo apt install --reinstall -y php5.6-fpm php5.6 \
php5.6-dev php5.6-mbstring php5.6-mysql php5.6-zip \
php5.6-gd php5.6-xml php5.6-curl php5.6-intl \
php5.6-json php5.6-opcache php5.6-readline \
php5.6-xmlrpc php5.6-common php5.6-cli php5.6-mcrypt
#
# php7.x + modules
sudo apt install --reinstall -y php7.3-fpm php7.3 \
php7.3-dev php7.3-mbstring php7.3-mysql php7.3-zip \
php7.3-gd php7.3-xml php7.3-curl php7.3-intl \
php7.3-json php7.3-opcache php7.3-readline \
php7.3-xmlrpc php7.3-common php7.3-cli  
#Seems there is no phpX.X-mcrypt since 7.2
#
# check if they're up and running
sudo systemctl status php5.6-fpm
sudo systemctl status php7.3-fpm
#
# Apache Installation
sudo systemctl stop nginx 
#   If this is running, apache2 won't install properly
sudo apt install --reinstall -y apache2 libapache2-mod-fcgid
#
# Apache Configuration
#  Now enable few modules required for the configuration 
#  of multiple PHP versions with Apache. These modules 
#  are necessary to integrate PHP FPM and FastCGI with Apache.
sudo a2enmod actions fcgid alias proxy_fcgi setenvif
sudo a2enconf php5.6-fpm php7.3-fpm
#
# to change version specific PHP behaviour.... 
#   eg. opcache (in php.ini), you need to RESTART (NOT reload)
#   the php-fpm module after you've edited the ini file
nano /etc/php/7.3/apache2/php.ini
/etc/init.d/php7.3-fpm restart
sudo systemctl restart apache2.service
#
xxxxxxxxxx
 
1
sudo apt install -y ca-certificates apt-transport-https
2
wget -q https://packages.sury.org/php/apt.gpg -O- \
3
  | sudo apt-key add -
4
echo "deb https://packages.sury.org/php/ stretch main" \
5
  | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/php.list
6
#
7
sudo apt update
8
sudo apt upgrade
9
#
10
# php5.6 + modules
11
sudo apt install --reinstall -y php5.6-fpm php5.6 \
12
php5.6-dev php5.6-mbstring php5.6-mysql php5.6-zip \
13
php5.6-gd php5.6-xml php5.6-curl php5.6-intl \
14
php5.6-json php5.6-opcache php5.6-readline \
15
php5.6-xmlrpc php5.6-common php5.6-cli php5.6-mcrypt
16
#
17
# php7.x + modules
18
sudo apt install --reinstall -y php7.3-fpm php7.3 \
19
php7.3-dev php7.3-mbstring php7.3-mysql php7.3-zip \
20
php7.3-gd php7.3-xml php7.3-curl php7.3-intl \
21
php7.3-json php7.3-opcache php7.3-readline \
22
php7.3-xmlrpc php7.3-common php7.3-cli  
23
#Seems there is no phpX.X-mcrypt since 7.2
24
#
25
# check if they're up and running
26
sudo systemctl status php5.6-fpm
27
sudo systemctl status php7.3-fpm
28
#
29
# Apache Installation
30
sudo systemctl stop nginx 
31
#   If this is running, apache2 won't install properly
32
sudo apt install --reinstall -y apache2 libapache2-mod-fcgid
33
#
34
# Apache Configuration
35
#  Now enable few modules required for the configuration 
36
#  of multiple PHP versions with Apache. These modules 
37
#  are necessary to integrate PHP FPM and FastCGI with Apache.
38
sudo a2enmod actions fcgid alias proxy_fcgi setenvif
39
sudo a2enconf php5.6-fpm php7.3-fpm
40
#
41
# to change version specific PHP behaviour.... 
42
#   eg. opcache (in php.ini), you need to RESTART (NOT reload)
43
#   the php-fpm module after you've edited the ini file
44
nano /etc/php/7.3/apache2/php.ini
45
/etc/init.d/php7.3-fpm restart
46
sudo systemctl restart apache2.service
47
#

sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/php56.domain.info.conf
#Add the following content. 
# Make sure to use correct ServerName and directory path 
# according to your setup. 
#   This website is configured to work with PHP 5.6.
    ServerName php56.domain.info
    ServerAlias 192.168.1.111 #optional
    DirectoryIndex index.html index.php
    DocumentRoot /var/www/html/php56.domain.info
        Options -Indexes +FollowSymLinks +MultiViews
        AllowOverride All
        Require all granted
    
        # Apache 2.4.10+ can proxy to unix socket
        SetHandler "proxy:unix:/var/run/php/php5.6-fpm.sock|fcgi://localhost/"
xxxxxxxxxx
 
1
sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/php56.domain.info.conf
2
#Add the following content. 
3
# Make sure to use correct ServerName and directory path 
4
# according to your setup. 
5
#   This website is configured to work with PHP 5.6.
6
    ServerName php56.domain.info
7
    ServerAlias 192.168.1.111 #optional
8
    DirectoryIndex index.html index.php
9
    DocumentRoot /var/www/html/php56.domain.info
10
        Options -Indexes +FollowSymLinks +MultiViews
11
        AllowOverride All
12
        Require all granted
13
    
14
        # Apache 2.4.10+ can proxy to unix socket
15
        SetHandler "proxy:unix:/var/run/php/php5.6-fpm.sock|fcgi://localhost/"