how to change php version in htaccess in server
Php.HtaccessVersionPhp Problem Overview
I'm using php 5.3 on my local machine. On our webserver we have php 4.8. Our server is a shared server. So I want to change the php version on our server via .htaccess file. Is it possible to do it? If yes how to do it?
Php Solutions
Solution 1 - Php
To switch to PHP 4.4:
AddHandler application/x-httpd-php4 .php
To switch to PHP 5.0:
AddHandler application/x-httpd-php5 .php
To switch to PHP 5.1:
AddHandler application/x-httpd-php51 .php
To switch to PHP 5.2:
AddHandler application/x-httpd-php52 .php
To switch to PHP 5.3:
AddHandler application/x-httpd-php53 .php
To switch to PHP 5.4:
AddHandler application/x-httpd-php54 .php
To switch to PHP 5.5:
AddHandler application/x-httpd-php55 .php
To switch to PHP 5.6:
AddHandler application/x-httpd-php56 .php
To switch to PHP 7:
AddHandler application/x-httpd-php7 .php
To switch to PHP 7.1:
AddHandler application/x-httpd-php71 .php
Solution 2 - Php
To switch to PHP 4.4:
AddHandler application/x-httpd-php4 .php .php4 .php3
To switch to PHP 5.0:
AddHandler application/x-httpd-php5 .php .php5 .php4 .php3
To switch to PHP 5.1:
AddHandler application/x-httpd-php51 .php .php5 .php4 .php3
To switch to PHP 5.2:
AddHandler application/x-httpd-php52 .php .php5 .php4 .php3
To switch to PHP 5.3:
AddHandler application/x-httpd-php53 .php .php5 .php4 .php3
To switch to PHP 5.4:
AddHandler application/x-httpd-php54 .php .php5 .php4 .php3
To switch to PHP 5.5:
AddHandler application/x-httpd-php55 .php .php5 .php4 .php3
To switch to the secure PHP 5.2 with Suhosin patch:
AddHandler application/x-httpd-php52s .php .php5 .php4 .php3
Solution 3 - Php
Note that all above answers are correct for Apache+[tag:mod-php] setups. They're less likely to work with more current PHP-FPM setups. Those can typically only be defined in VirtualHost section, not .htaccess.
Again, this highly depends on how your hoster has configured PHP. Each domain/user will typically have it's own running PHP FPM instance. And subsequently a generic …/x-httpd-php52 type will not be recognized.
See ServerFault: Alias a FastCGI proxy protocol handler via Action/ScriptAlias/etc for some overview.
For Apache 2.4.10+/[tag:mod-proxy-fcgi] configs you might be able to use something like:
AddHandler "proxy:unix:/var/run/php-fpm-usr123.sock|fcgi://localhost" .php
Or SetHandler with name mapping from your .htaccess. But again, consulting your hoster on the concrete FPM socket is unavoidable. There's no generic answer to this on modern PHP-FPM setups.
Solution 4 - Php
Try this to switch to php4:
AddHandler application/x-httpd-php4 .php
Upd. Looks like I didn't understand your question correctly. This will not help if you have only php 4 on your server.
Solution 5 - Php
just FYI in GoDaddy it's this:
> AddHandler x-httpd-php5-3 .php
Solution 6 - Php
This worked for me
PHP 7.2
AddHandler application/x-httpd-ea-php72 .php
PHP 7.3
AddHandler application/x-httpd-ea-php73 .php
Solution 7 - Php
An addition to the current marked answer:
Place the addhandler inside the following scope, like so:
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
AddHandler application/x-httpd-php71 .php
RewriteEngine On
....
</IfModule>
Solution 8 - Php
Go to File Manager on your CPanel >>> Public html >>> find the .htaccess file >>> right click on the on it >>>> click edit.see picture
Type the number of the version you want to change to. i.e - 73, 70 or 71.
Hope this helps. After that, save changes.
Solution 9 - Php
for php8 code generated by Cpanel:
<IfModule mime_module>
AddHandler application/x-httpd-ea-php80 .php .php8 .phtml
</IfModule>
required PHP version should be installed
Solution 10 - Php
For CPanel users (as of May 2022, selecting PHP v8.1), use Software -> "MultiPHP Manager" modifies PHP versions per subdomain. it adds this to the subdomain's directory's .htaccess file:
# php -- BEGIN cPanel-generated handler, do not edit
# Set the “ea-php81” package as the default “PHP” programming language.
<IfModule mime_module>
AddHandler application/x-httpd-ea-php81 .php .php8 .phtml
</IfModule>
# php -- END cPanel-generated handler, do not edit
If you don't see the PHP version you want in the select list, then install it via WHM -> Software -> "EasyApache".
Solution 11 - Php
You can't change PHP version by .htaccess.
you need to get your server updated, for PHP 5.3 or you can find another host, which serves PHP 5.3 on shared hosting.