Run PHP4 & PHP3 together?

[Anon]

Hello,

I really under the gun here, My company has a web server that has a site running PHP3, I just coded an app that uses PHP4 only and will not work in PHP3. It is using Apatche web server. Is it possible to run both binaries at the same time? Please give me any ideas.

Chris

[Anon]

run php4 as a cgi and direct all .php and .php4 files to it and all .php3 to the current php3 install.

This is of couse a total hack and you should just have your company install php4.

Tom

[Anon]

Be Careful....

my hosting company tried to run both together... and it caused all of their .php files wouldnt work....

[Anon]

You can absolutely run both as a module at the same time. I have done this several times without problems. Check the INSTALL file for php4 under USING PHP 3 AND PHP 4 AS CONCURRENT APACHE MODULES.

One of the things to watch out for is to make sure that you have your mime types mapped correctly, eg:

AddType application/x-httpd-php php
AddType application/x-httpd-php3 php3

Hope this helps,

Ken

[Anon]

Unless your old php3 pages absolutely, have to use PHP3 you should just have your sys admins upgrade PHP to version 4.04.

There are only a few items that are not supported in PHP4 that were in PHP3. Check out php.net for more details.