Well two solutions are possible :
First upgrade php, However it could be possible that Ubuntu release on your system not having upgrades for php. So in that case search google to add APT repository for php 5.3.23 for your ubuntu-VERSION.
Second I personally experienced that, Checkout in folder you will found composer.json file, In that file you will get the settings something like
"require": {
"php": ">=5.3.23",
"zendframework/zendframework": "2.3.*"
}
Just change settings to get other version of ZF2
"require": {
"php": ">=5.3.3",
"zendframework/zendframework": "2.2.*"
}
It works for me. It should work for you.