My current server is running PHP 5.5.9-1ubuntu4.29 (cli) (built: Apr 22 2019 18:33:52) and all my websites which rely heavily on mysql databases are very happy. My new server installed following Till's excellent Perfect Server tutorial is running PHP 7.2.17-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 (cli) (built: Apr 18 2019 14:12:38) ( NTS ) and my scripts don't like it at all. What I would like to do is install PHP 5.5.9 for use by my virtual hosts. Is it possible and if it is is there a helpful tutorial that I could follow.
https://www.howtoforge.com/tutorial...fig-3-from-debian-packages-on-debian-8-and-9/ Similar system works on Ubuntu, Ondrej Sury repository has also Ubuntu packages available for PHP versions 5.x -- 7.x. I'm not sure if there is version of that Tutorial for Ubuntu. You can ignore the parts about ISPConfig settings if you do not use ISPConfig.
Thank you Taleman - I tried and failed. Like a rabbit going down a deep dark hole. I decided it would be better to re-educate myself on the latest PHP/MySQL conventions and commands and then update all my scripts. I hit the REBUILD button on my vps and followed Till's tutorial to set up the server again. It gets easier the third time! Curiously I can't find the phpmyadmin login page and the link from ISPConfig 3 doen't work. An extract from phpinfo - open_basedir only refers to php5 (see below). Must have got the configuration wrong but I don't really need it. /var/www/clients/client1/web2/web:/var/www/clients/client1/web2/private:/var/www/clients/client1/web2/tmp:/var/www/###.co.uk/web:/srv/www/###.co.uk/web:/usr/share/php5:/usr/share/php:/tmp:/usr/share/phpmyadmin:/etc/phpmyadmin:/var/lib/phpmyadmin:/dev/random:/dev/urandom
