How to install multiple XAMPP versions OR Multiple PHP versions on MAC OS X 10.7 Lion

Question

I need to do some work on a legacy system that requires PHP 5.2

I already have XAMP 1.7.3 installed but this version has PHP 5.3.

Since this a work I might d

Answer 1

I just want to add in case you run any os (mine is Yosemite) do the same but working on the xamppfiles folder inside the main XAMPP folder (so the path to work with is different), you can both then change configure.ini and possibly file related (complicated) or (easy but dirty) name the version you want to use xamppfiles and the other whatever, and then create 2 separate alias for the manager to start (one for each xampp version). Like this is a little confusing but if someone needs it I can describe both approaches step by step.