FreeBSD: Upgrade PHP4 To PHP5
PHP4 is a very old version of PHP and is not supported anymore. Therefore, it is recommended to upgrade to a newer version of PHP, such as PHP 7.4 or 8.0. However, if you still need to upgrade from PHP4 to PHP5 for some reason, you can follow the steps below:
- Install the PHP5 packages:
sudo pkg install php56This will install PHP5.6 and all the necessary dependencies.
- Stop the Apache web server:
sudo service apache24 stop - Disable the PHP4 module:
sudo a2dismod php4 - Enable the PHP5 module:
sudo a2enmod php5 - Restart the Apache web server:
sudo service apache24 start - Verify that PHP5 is now the default version:
php -vThis should show the version of PHP5 installed on your system.
