Install php 5.3 or 5.4 on Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial and apache

Question

I want to Install php 5.3 or 5.4 on Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial and Apache.
A tutorial points me to use PPA but they are not helping me in what I need.

I know that PHP 5.3 and 4 are obsolete but I need this for a project and is this possible? If yes then please teach me how in a step by step procedure with Apache2.

Answer 1

you can use this package ppa:sergey-dryabzhinsky/php53 to install php 5.3, i managed with this package on ubuntu 16.

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:sergey-dryabzhinsky/php53
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install php5