Is it possible to run 2 different versions of apache/mysql/php on the same machine?

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chronoel

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is it possible to set different listening ports for the two apache servers? if so, how can i do it? and are there any more concerns which i have to address?
 
It is possible - just about - but you *really* have to know what you are doing I would think.

The main problem is shared libs. It would be almost impossible to share the same libs within two different versions as I am sure they rely on the same stuff internaly.

I would think it better to install vmware and run two instances on the same machine and that way everything is independent.
 
For PHP you can use one as CGI and the other as Apache extension, but it's not recommended, features that works on one, might not work on other and if the process is not correctly done, one application might affect the other. Keep it the latest version always, this is always the recommended by PHP and Zend.
 
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