Please help.
I have been trying to install Drupal 8.6 onto a clean SME 9.2 in the Primary iBay.
(Requires PHP 5.5.9 and MySQL 5.5.3 but many extensions/modules seem to assume the latest.)
At first, I was glad to find the
https://wiki.contribs.org/Upgrade_php/mysql contrib (installs PHP 5.5.15, MySQL 5.5.39 and a version of PhpMyAdmin that works with that) but my Drupal distro (Glazed) installation failed mid way (probably due to modules needing later versions).
I was then happy to find the
https://wiki.contribs.org/Software_Collections contrib that appears to offer updates to PHP 5.4 and MySQL 5.5 but it has been in the "pre-alpha" stage for a while.. and I didn't achieve very much.
Then I found the
https://wiki.contribs.org/Software_Collections:MySQL55 and
https://wiki.contribs.org/Software_Collections:MySQL57 but the native version of PhpMyAdmin of SME 9.2 won't recognize the Users for those databases and I couldn't find a simple way of upgrading it..
At last, I found the
https://wiki.contribs.org/PHP_Software_Collections that appears to be able to activate up to PHP 7.1 but I had problems getting Drupal to use it as well as configuring the PHP memory allocation etc. for those services.
- If there were an option to upgrade SME's native PHP and MySQL to the latest (as in the Upgrade PHP and MYSQL contrib), I am happy to give it a shot. I do appreciate that other SME functionality may suffer..
- If it were possible to install the latest versions of PHP and MySQL in parallel and activate them for the Primary iBay (ideally with a version of PhpMyAdmin that works with them), that would be best - as long as I can get Drupal to recognize the alternative database (early attempts to use an alternative port weren't very promising..)
- If all of the above fails - or is too unstable - then is there a way to run Drupal on a separate server (or in a Virtual Machine) and still be able to access it via the Primary iBay?
Every suggestion gratefully appreciated.
Many thanks in advance.