i did try rpm according to this instructions https://support.steadfast.net/index.php?_m=knowledge_base_&_a=viewarticle&kbarticleid=45&nav=0,9

i forgot to mention i am on vps self managed hosting i have interworx as cp

i think it went ok

Wrote: /usr/src/redhat/RPMS/i386/php-ncurses-5.2.0-100.rhe4x.iworx.i386.rpm
Executing(%clean): /bin/sh -e /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.61010
+ umask 022
+ cd /usr/src/redhat/BUILD
+ cd php-5.2.0
+ '[' -n /var/tmp/php-5.2.0-root -a /var/tmp/php-5.2.0-root '!=' / ']'
+ rm -rf /var/tmp/php-5.2.0-root
+ '[' -d /usr/src/redhat/BUILD/php-5.2.0 ']'
+ rm -rf /usr/src/redhat/BUILD/php-5.2.0
+ exit 0
Executing(--clean): /bin/sh -e /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.19120
+ umask 022
+ cd /usr/src/redhat/BUILD
+ rm -rf php-5.2.0
+ exit 0

[root@####### ~]#



Ok got to;

stuck on step 5 https://support.steadfast.net/index....eid=45&nav=0,9

rpm -Uhv --nodeps --force /usr/src/redhat/RPMS/`uname -i`/php 5.2.0-100
error: open of /usr/src/redhat/RPMS/i386/php failed: No such file or directory
error: open of 5.2.0-100 failed: No such file or directory

i did try to skip this step and restart
service mysqld restart
service imap4 restart
service imap4-ssl restart
service pop3 restart
service pop3-ssl restart
service httpd restart
service iworx restart

checking ver of my php still shows me 5.1.6 ???