Running two PHP versions on the same server

I have two projects on the local server, one project is running PHP5.6 and the other one is running PHP7.0. Now would it be possible to enable this two versions based on the projects? I already tried adding AddHandler application/x-httpd-php7 .php in one of the project htaccess but its not working. Currently, PHP7.0 and PHP5.6-fpm already installed on the server. Below is the screenshot of the phpinfo.

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So after searching on Google for the whole day. I managed to run my two projects in FastCgi on different php versions. Thanks to the guys from this forum. I uninstalled everything including Apache and start over again. Below are the steps I used to enable two versions of PHP on my local server. Btw, my computer is running on Linux Mint 18.

Assuming you already installed Apache, created virtual host for the two projects and added the necessary php PPAs. Let's call the projects site56.local for PHP 5.6 and site70.local for PHP 7.0. Install php5.6-fpm and php7.0-fpm by running:
```
sudo apt-get install php5.6-fpm
sudo apt-get install php7.0-fpm
```
Create two files under /usr/lib/cgi-bin/ (honestly I don't know if this step is still necessary), and save:
```
sudo nano /usr/lib/cgi-bin/php56-fcgi
sudo nano /usr/lib/cgi-bin/php70-fcgi
```

Open php56 conf file /etc/apache2/conf-available/php5.6-fpm.conf, add this config and save:

<IfModule mod_fastcgi.c>
    AddHandler php56-fcgi .php
    Action php56-fcgi /php56-fcgi
    Alias /php56-fcgi /usr/lib/cgi-bin/php56-fcgi -socket /var/run/php/php5.6-fpm.sock -pass-header Authorization
    Action php70-fcgi /php70-fcgi
    Alias /php70-fcgi /usr/lib/cgi-bin/php70-fcgi -socket /var/run/php/php7.0-fpm.sock -pass-header Authorization
</IfModule>
<Directory /usr/lib/cgi-bin>
    Require all granted
</Directory>

Now enable the new apache config:
```
sudo a2enconf php5.6-fpm
```
If you installed php5.6 and php5.7, make sure you disable this two and restart apache:
```
sudo a2dismod php5.6 php7.0
sudo systemctl restart apache2
```
Create a .htacces file on the project that should run on php7.0 and add this handler:
```
AddHandler php70-fcgi .php
```
Now create a phpinfo file on the two projects and if you see something like this, then congratulations!

PS: Make sure you enable htaccess in your apache2.conf or httpd.conf

site56.local/phpinfo.php:
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site70.local/phpinfo.php:
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First of all, ensure all the PHP related configraution are disabled by run the following commands:

# ls -la /etc/apache2/conf-enabled | grep php

# ls -la /etc/apache2/mods-enabled | grep php

Set up a different version of PHP-FPM for a specific site:

Add the following line in your existing VirtualHost file.

Include "conf-available/php7.2-fpm.conf"

For example,

# vim /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/symfony.local.conf

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName symfony.local

    Include "conf-available/php7.2-fpm.conf"

    ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost
    DocumentRoot /var/www/symfony.local/curr/public

    <Directory /var/www/symfony.local/curr/web>
        AllowOverride All
    </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

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