php-5.6 on plesk

php56.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash
#==============================================================================
# title: php56.sh
# description: This script automatically installs PHP 5.6 on Plesk RHEL
# author: Kawin Viriyaprasopsook <kawin.v@kkumail.com>
# usage: bash php56.sh
# notes: need `gcc libxml2-devel` packages
#==============================================================================

dnf -y install gcc libxml2-devel

wget https://www.php.net/distributions/php-5.6.40.tar.gz

tar -xf php-5.6.40.tar.gz

cd php-5.6.40

./configure \
--prefix /usr/local/php56 \
--with-config-file-path=/usr/local/lib/php56.ini \
--enable-fpm \
--with-fpm-group=www-data \
--enable-mbstring \
--enable-opcache \
--enable-zip

make && make install

cp php.ini-production /usr/local/lib/php56.ini

plesk bin php_handler --add -displayname 5.6.40-custom -path /usr/local/php56/bin/php-cgi -clipath /usr/local/php56/bin/php -phpini /usr/local/lib/php56.ini -type fastcgi -id custom-php56-fastcgi

# plesk bin php_handler --add -displayname 5.6.40-custom -path /usr/local/php56/sbin/php-fpm -phpini /usr/local/lib/php56.ini -type fpm -id custom-php56-fpm -clipath /usr/local/php56/bin/php -service <PHP FPM service name> -poold <path to php-fpm.d pool folder>