Ability to download/change specific PHP versions

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I wrote up steps on how to use PHP 5.6 if you have the existing folders (PHP site folder and Local application support folder) from a backup.

How to run PHP 5.6 on Local v8 and above

I came across a handful of posts and a feature request where people needed to run older versions of PHP, so I wrote this up to help people who needed the same. Yes, I know WordPress doesn’t support older versions below 7.4 anymore, but I have an old non-WordPress project I support that runs on PHP 5.6. The other use cases are I read from users seemed valid as well. My situation was that I got a new laptop, and migrated most of my sites over, but one site I didn’t migrate and forgot about until …