By cesarpd
I´m currently migrating some pretty old clients sites (that I didn’t code) to DO and I´m facing many php error related (I guess) with the new PHP version installed by default. I didn’t found any article related to the topic and thought that maybe I could get some advise from the community. I found this article: http://askubuntu.com/questions/455614/downgrade-php-version-from-5-5-to-5-4-on-ubuntu-14-04
Should I create a new droplet with Ubuntu 12 instead? Is there an easy to follow DO article that I may read to get specific PHP versions/site?
Thanks!
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PHP 5.2 has been depreciated. If your code relies on abilities in 5.2 that aren’t in 5.4, you might want to ask yourself why the removed them from 5.4. They remove features (rather than provide depreciation warnings) when it’s a vulnerability/insecure.
If your code needs 5.2, you might want to downgrade your OS, but again, that’s not secure.
The best solution is to fix the code so it works on current PHP versions.
One more note on this – just in case your code can run on PHP 5.3, an easier fix is to install Ubuntu 12.04. It’s a LTS (Long Term Support) release and comes packaged with PHP 5.3.
I have an isolated Ubuntu 12.04 droplet with PHP 5.3 running for a similar purpose…a stubborn client who refuses to make the investment to update their site.
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