[BlueOnyx:27136] Re: mcrypt on php 7.0 - 5210r

[Taco Scargo]

It would be great to get HTTPS proxying enabled on 5211R  ;)

> On 5 Aug 2024, at 18:07, Michael Stauber via Blueonyx <blueonyx at mail.blueonyx.it> wrote:
> 
> Hi Richard,
> 
>> I am battling on with the server that required JSON on php 5.6 , which was not possible.
> 
> I'm currently in the same boat: Migrated a ton of customer Vsites off 5209R onto 5211R. And of course there are three Vsites that still used PHP-5.6 and one that even refused to run on anything more modern than PHP-5.4.
> 
>> I think we can get it up to PHP 7.0 after a working through some options. However, I need MCRYPT enabled, i see is enabled for 7.4 but not any other PHP 7 version on the 5210r
>> Is there away we can enable it for 7.0 ?
>> I cannot go any higher than 7.0 as we have some modules that the PHP is encoded ( IONCUBE )   to version 7.0 and no way to get any new updates for those modules.
> Yeah:
> 
> [root at 5210r ~]# /home/solarspeed/php-7.0/bin/php -m|grep mcry
> [root at 5210r ~]# /home/solarspeed/php-7.1/bin/php -m|grep mcry
> [root at 5210r ~]# /home/solarspeed/php-7.2/bin/php -m|grep mcry
> [root at 5210r ~]# /home/solarspeed/php-7.3/bin/php -m|grep mcry
> [root at 5210r ~]# /home/solarspeed/php-7.4/bin/php -m|grep mcry
> mcrypt
> 
> So mcrypt is only in the PHP starting PHP-7.4 for 5210R and 5211R. It should be noted that the mcrypt extension was included directly in PHP 5.4 through PHP 7.1. It was removed from PHP 7.2 and moved to an unofficial PECL extension because the mcrypt library itself is no longer maintained. It was replaced by "libsodium".
> 
> When I try to install it via Pecl on a 5210R for PHP-7.0 I get this:
> 
> [root at 5210r ~]# /home/solarspeed/php-7.0/bin/pecl install mcrypt
> WARNING: channel "pecl.php.net" has updated its protocols, use "pecl channel-update pecl.php.net" to update
> pecl/mcrypt requires PHP (version >= 7.2.0, version <= 8.4.0, excluded versions: 8.4.0), installed version is 7.0.33
> No valid packages found
> install failed
> 
> It *might* be possible to grab one of the really ancient releases of mcrypt from here https://pecl.php.net/package/mcrypt and then try to compile it against PHP-7.0. Maybe give that a try?
> 
> What I'm currently doing for my antiquated Vsites that need PHP versions that aren't available? I keep one VPS on 5209R. I move the few problematic Vsites onto that and give them the PHP version that makes them happy. Then I give them a web server alias like <customer>.smd.net and untick "Web Server Alias redirects". Therefore the Vsite is then also available via my new alias <customer>.smd.net
> 
> On the 5211R I have the proper Import of the Vsite with all users and that will host their email services. But for the webpages I tick "Redirect/Proxy Website", select "Redirect Type" proxy and specify as URL the HTTP (not HTTPS!) URL of the Alias: http://<customer>.smd.net
> 
> That way: The clients get their emails on the modern server (Postfix, yay!) and the webpages are proxied to the old 5209R. Which itself gets its firewall configured that it only accepts HTTP requests from my office IP and from the new server that makes the proxy requests.
> 
> That at least buys some time to work out an upgrade path or to cattle-prod the clients to finally modernize their antiquated prehistoric Vsites.
> 
> -- 
> With best regards
> 
> Michael Stauber
> 
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