How to install lamp server with php 5.3 on ubuntu 16.04?

Question

Is it possible to successful run php5.3 on ubuntu 16.04 or not? I have an PHP application that required only php 5.3 version.

1. Please let me know what version of ubuntu is required to run PHP 5.3
2. How can I install lamp server with php 5.3 and all its dependent modules (apache server mysql etc)

Solution

In case you really need to do it, use phpbrew.

My steps to install php5.3 on Ubuntu 16.04 (will work for 14.04):

Install phpbrew https://github.com/phpbrew/phpbrew/wiki/Quick-Start

To build 5.3.24 :

sudo phpbrew install 5.3.24  +bz2 +calendar +cli +gd +ctype +dom +iconv +fileinfo +filter +ipc +json +mbregex +mbstring +mhash +mcrypt +pcntl +pcre +pdo +phar +posix +readline +sockets +tokenizer +xml +curl +zip +mysql +debug +apxs2

/etc/apache2/mods-available/php5.load file must contain

LoadModule php5_module        /usr/lib/apache2/modules/libphp5.3.24.so
AddType application/x-httpd-php .php

To enable module for apache2:

sudo a2dismod php5.6 ; sudo a2dismod php7.0 ; sudo a2enmod php5 ; sudo service apache2 restart

To install gd extension

phpbrew use php5.3.24
phpbrew ext install gd --with-gd=shared,/usr --enable-gd-native-ttf --with-gmp=shared,/usr --with-jpeg-dir=shared,/usr --with-xpm-dir=shared,/usr/X11R6 --with-png-dir=shared,/usr --with-freetype-dir=shared,/usr --with-vpx-dir=shared,/usr

Comments

[muru]

PHP 5.3 is EOL. Nobody packages it. You'll have to install from source.

[Rakesh Mali]

Do you know any references for this? if yes, please share...

[sempaiscuba]

It's generally better to include those steps here in your answer, rather than including a link.