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Virtualmin GPL, ubuntu 12.04 and PHP4

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#1 Fri, 06/07/2013 - 12:02

cygnus

Virtualmin GPL, ubuntu 12.04 and PHP4

Hi guys, sorry if it's already been asked but I didn't manage to find a clear answer about that.

I would like to install PHP4 to manage legacy websites on my server but I don't find anyway to make it.

When I try apt-get install php4, a message tells me that it's obsolete and can't be installed.

Is there any way to make it ?

Many thanks

#2 Fri, 06/07/2013 - 14:06

andreychek

Howdy,

I'm unfortunately not familiar with a PHP4 package available for Ubuntu 12.04.

If you found one that could work alongside PHP5, Virtualmin would work with it -- but that's the biggest catch, since PHP4 reached it's End of Life in 2007, it's no longer considered safe to use, and it's difficult to find a packages providing it.

-Eric

#3 Fri, 06/14/2013 - 04:04

cygnus

Thanks for your answer ;) Isn't it possible to install it manually and configure apache to use it for legacy websites ?

#4 Fri, 06/14/2013 - 08:54

andreychek

That should be possible, though I don't have instructions on how to do that.

I believe Virtualmin looks for the presence of a file named "/usr/bin/php4-cgi" to determine if PHP4 is installed.

Just remember that this isn't recommended anymore though, since PHP4 hasn't had any security updates in 6 years :-)

-Eric

#5 Fri, 06/14/2013 - 10:24

Locutus

One man's "legacy website" is another man's future botnet member. ;)

Strong suggestion: do NOT use php4 anymore or any website that requires it.

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