updated to 5.6.40:
The PHP development team announces the immediate availability of PHP 5.6.40. This is a security release. Several security bugs have been fixed in this release. All PHP 5.6 users are encouraged to upgrade to this version.
Please note that according to the PHP version support timelines, PHP 5.6.40 is the last scheduled release of PHP 5.6 branch. There may be additional release if we discover important security issues that warrant it, otherwise this release will be the final one in the PHP 5.6 branch. If your PHP installation is based on PHP 5.6, it may be a good time to start making the plans for the upgrade to PHP 7.1, PHP 7.2 or PHP 7.3.
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mickael9 commented on 2018-10-03 17:21
PHP 5.6 will stop getting security updates in January 2019. Consider upgrading to PHP 7 now
mickael9 commented on 2016-04-06 11:51
PLEASE READ : For those who are getting "unknown public key" errors, this is NOT caused by this package. It means GPG is not configured to fetch public keys automatically (which is normal by default)
Please read the instructions at https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Makepkg#Signature_checking
The easiest way to overcome this is to manually import the keys from a keyserver :
mickael9 commented on 2016-01-14 01:53
foxxx and I have been working together and this package can now be installed along PHP 7 from the official repos.
Everything has been moved into separate directories :
Config : /etc/php56
Extensions : /usr/lib/php56/modules
Binaries : /usr/bin/php56, /usr/bin/php56-cgi, /usr/bin/phar56, etc.
If you were previously using this as a replacement for php7, you'll have to adjust the new configuration files in /etc/php56/ to reflect the current ones in /etc/php/.
Apache module (provided by php56-apache) also has a specific configuration and CAN NOT cohabit with php7_module. Use php-fpm, fcgi or cgi if you need both versions.
The apache module is installed as libphp56.so, so you should use the following lines your httpd.conf :
# Load php 5.6 module
LoadModule php5_module modules/libphp56.so
# Use it for .php extensions
Include conf/extra/php56_module.conf
Please let me know if you encounter any problem or have a suggestion.