John Clement wrote:
i need to know where i can find php version 5.2?
you'll probably want to have a look here
And then make that into an rpm? Or just work around the packaging system on CentOS?
Not a good idea.
There are some packages in the CentOS-Testing repository (which require you to give feedback to the CentOS developers via http://bugs.centos.org, there is Jason Litka's repository and there is Remi Collet's repository.
But: If you have problems with the packages from there, then bug the people you got the packages from - not CentOS.
Anyway, all of those means of distribution are way better than working around package management.
Ralph