archlinux - how i can disable php 8 and enable php7.4 in arch linux
Solution:
Let's assume that the location of php7.4 is /usr/bin/php7.4, in which case
/usr/bin/php7.4 -v
will yield something like this:
hence, you can use this method for whatever command that you would like to execute:
/usr/bin/php7.4 <yourcommand>
You can disable PHP 8 via
sudo a2dismod php8.0
if it bothers you. You can do so temporarily as well.
Answer
Solution:
As your question is about the Arch Linux and it doesn't have the a2enmod & a2dismod. I am gonna providing working answer in the arch:
I assume you have installed php7 & php8 and just want to make apache to use the version 7.
first uninstall apache-php module and install the right one.
sudo pacman -R php-apache
sudo pacman -S php7-apache
then in the /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf change the module name:
from :
LoadModule php_module modules/libphp.so
Include conf/extra/php_module.conf
AddHandler php-script php
to:
LoadModule php7_module modules/libphp7.so
Include conf/extra/php7_module.conf
AddHandler php7-script php
after that you can reload the server:
sudo systemctl reload httpd