macOS 10.13 Server app v5.6 PHP Downgrade From 7 to 5

Question

Has anybody been able to successfully downgrade the php version preinstalled with the macOS High Sierra server app?

Preinstalled PHP version is 7 but I'm running some old PHP apps that require PHP version 5.

I can't find any recent answers on the topic.

Can anybody help?

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited Apr 26 '18 at 16:33

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I do not recommend downgrading the version, I would install PHP 5.6 using homebrew and then just having both versions installed. brew install php56

This will be symlinked from /usr/local/Cellar/php56 into /usr/local/bin and as long as this in in your $PATH then you should be able to use PHP 5.6 without overriding 7

edited Apr 26 '18 at 16:33

rollstuhlfahrer

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answered Apr 26 '18 at 16:28

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this worked. All I had to do was change the apache config file to target the php56 installation instead of php7. Thanks – Cybervanes May 21 '18 at 19:12
how did you do that? – Kinesias Nov 16 '18 at 10:51

macOS 10.13 Server app v5.6 PHP Downgrade From 7 to 5

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