Switching b/w versions of PHP on a NginX + PHP-FPM Setup

Question

On Apache you could easily configure it through an htaccess file:

<IfModule mod_fcgid.c> Action php-fcgi /fcgi-bin/phpcgi-starter-5.3 </IfModule> <IfModule mod_fcgid.c> Action php-fcgi /fcgi-bin/phpcgi-starter-5.4 </IfModule> 

Is there something similar for Nginx + PHP-FPM?

Answer 1

Just run each version of php-fpm on a different port (or socket) and configure the appropriate port in your fastcgi_pass parameter in your nginx server block. For instance, you might have 5.3 run on port 9000 and 5.4 run on port 9001.