[Resolved] run two different version of php on same box

[lth2h]

Hi,

I'm currently running RHES 3, Apache2, PHP 4.3.10, MySQL 3.23. These have all been installed from RPMs and are updated from redhat's site.

I want to test out PHP 5 without affecting my current setup. I also want it to use Oracle 10g instead of MySQL.

I'm planning on compiling PHP5 from the source. I don't have a 2nd box. I've done some research on the net, but haven't found anything that really tells me if I can have a PHP4 and a PHP5 install both running on the same box under Linux or not. I did find one very very very confusing tutorial for Windows, and therefore I would guess it should be doable on Linux (hey my favorite OS should be able to do everything and more than that Win stuff). Ideally I'd like to not have to install a 2nd copy of Apache.

Can anyone point me in the right direction.

Thanks

[id10t]

If you need a second box for dev work, either check out vmware (kinda pricy, but very good) or user mode linux.

[lth2h]

I'm going to mark this thread as resolved. The best answer I found was at:

http://www.faqts.com/knowledge_base/view.phtml/aid/826/fid/28

User mode linux looks like it might also have been a useful possiblity.

However this is all moot as I found an old unsused computer to be the dev box.