[SOLVED] How can I downgrade from PHP 7 to PHP 5.6 on CENTOS 6.7

myphamlinhhuong · 08-15-2018, 09:11 AM

Dear,
I'm newbie with PHP on Centos . I am trying to revert my PHP version to 5.6 from 7 and though I removed PHP 7 and then installed PHP 5.6 I still seem to be running version 7.

Is there a simple method for moving through PHP versions where apache, phpMyAdmin and co are configured appropriately?

A simple way to change the current version of PHP on the fly and even site by site would be great.

TB0ne · 08-16-2018, 07:16 AM

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Originally Posted by myphamlinhhuong

Dear,
I'm newbie with PHP on Centos . I am trying to revert my PHP version to 5.6 from 7 and though I removed PHP 7 and then installed PHP 5.6 I still seem to be running version 7. Is there a simple method for moving through PHP versions where apache, phpMyAdmin and co are configured appropriately? A simple way to change the current version of PHP on the fly and even site by site would be great.

No, there is no 'simple way' to do this. PHP works with Apache, so go to back so many versions would necessitate a downgrade to Apache as well. Which is also tied in with SSL for secure sites...so you downgrade that too.

The better question is *WHY* you would want to do this?? Why would you intentionally make your system insecure? What are you trying to accomplish?