installing two versions of php with xampp on ubuntu system

Question

I searched for how to install php5 and php7 on same machine but i didn't find the an answer.

I'm working on two different project one depend on php5 and the other work on php7

I use xampp on linux

how can i run two versions of php 5 & 7 on xampp @ linux ubuntu 16.04 machine ?

Solution

The solution I've done

Note :

at installing new version of xampp I got mysql errors

I think it because the version of mysql

so make sure that backup all databases before that

1- install xampp with php 5 from the site

2- install xampp with php 7 from the site

to here we must have php5.so and php7.so in same dir

3- open /opt/lampp/etc/extra/httpd-xampp.conf and add two line :

instead of one line of php 7

   LoadModule php7_module        modules/libphp7.so
   LoadModule php5_module        modules/libphp5.so

4- before running xampp file just comment the undesired version

to run php 5 :

 #LoadModule php7_module        modules/libphp7.so
   LoadModule php5_module        modules/libphp5.so

to run php 7 :

  LoadModule php7_module        modules/libphp7.so
   #LoadModule php5_module        modules/libphp5.so

5- start xampp

Comments

[Axel Stone]

Did you install both XAMPPs into the same /opt/lampp directory? XAMPP's installation wizard does not allow to choose installation directory.

[adadion]

Unfortunately, I can't load phpmyadmin while I'm on php5 using this method

[Phoca]

This solution works great on Linux