opensuse LEAP 15.2 and php5

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Hi,
i’ve tried to use a VM on ProxMox with openSuse 15.2 and repositories to install PHP5.6 because we need an old web app that works only on this php version.

But I’ve found a lot of problems with this configuration, starting from the binary of php itself, that don’t start returning a core dump at start.

Any advice about this kind of installation?

Thanks in advance for your help

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Is there any possibility that, you can migrate the application to PHP7?

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You may install openSUSE OS with version that support PHP 5.6.
Not Leap 15.2, but older one.

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Will that not lead further down the drain?

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In the short term not – it’s possibly a faster / quicker solution to get the site back up and running than, migrating the application to a newer PHP version …

  • Time to install an openSUSE server and get it up and running on the net – about 1 hour – maybe 1 day …
  • Time to migrate an application to a newer PHP version – find a suitable programmer
    → 1 day / 1 week / 1 month / 1 year – plus, 1 day / 1 week / 1 month to perform the migration – plus, 1 day / 1 week to test and verify the changes … Total time needed – between 3 days and more than a year … >:)
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It was just a warning to the OP. It is indeed a by-pass if, and only if, one starts a conversion path asap.