ID: 27289
Updated by: magnus@php.net
Reported By: php at koteroff dot ru
-Status: Open
+Status: Wont fix
Bug Type: Feature/Change Request
Operating System: all
PHP Version: 5.0.0b4 (beta4)
New Comment:

Using both 5 and 4 as modules on the same server doesn't work, use
FastCGI/CGI for one of them.


Previous Comments:
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[2004-02-17 11:45:36] php at koteroff dot ru

Thanks in advice.

But why? Would PHP5 ever been compatible with PHP4 on the same apache
or not? What the prospects?

I am sure: if PHP5 would live with PHP4 on the same server, it will
greatly improve its popularity. (I am working as system administrator of
large hosting provider.)

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[2004-02-17 11:39:18] schlueter at phpbar dot de

Changing the mime-type can be done in the mod_php5.c at
line 910 (for Apache 1.3, for Apache 2 it shouldn't be a
big difference)
http://lxr.php.net/source/php-src/sapi/apache/mod_php5.c#910
But even if you change this you still can't make both
versions work on the same Apache - the only sollution ist
to run different insances of Apache on different ports
(that's what I do) or run at least one as CGI.

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[2004-02-17 11:09:35] php at koteroff dot ru

Description:
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Both PHP4 and PHP5 uses the same MIME types:

application/x-httpd-php

It makes impossible to use PHP4 and PHP5 as apache modules on the same
server.

Can you change it to application/x-httpd-php5 in new PHP version? I'd
like to say that PHP3 and PHP4 lives together on the same server without
any problem, because they have different MIME types.

I also know that on Windows we can open PHP dll in any binary editor
and manually correct MIME. Then we may use php4 and php5 together. I
have not tried this technique on Unix. Any problem with compatibility
with php4? Please answer something.

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