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by semi-extrinsic 1467 days ago
OT, but: why don't you just compile up an old php version from source on a new OS? It's a bit of a hassle the first time you do it, sure, but less than the hassle of running multiple legacy OS?
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The legacy OS is even less hassle, because it never gets any updates and just sits there.

If you compile old software on a new OS, every single update to that OS has a chance to blow up your compiled old version, so it takes more hand-holding.

Can be worth it at times, but other times it's just easier to firewall and hope for the best.