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- Regardless of which settings you want to manage, first you need to log on to cPanel<\/a> for your webhosting account.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
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Select PHP Version<\/code> underSoftware<\/code>.![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.oderland.se\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/cpanel_icon_select_php_version.png\")
<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n- You have now reached the interface through which you may manage PHP.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
How do I change PHP version?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Before you change, remember to check that the PHP version you choose is compatible with the software that you are running, for example the version of WordPress or Joomla that you are using. Information about this is available from each developers’ web site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It is possible at any time to change back to the version you used earlier if it turns out that your web site did not work after the change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Which PHP versions are available?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
On our webhosting services, Reseller Agency, and Managed Servers (running CloudLinux), you have access to the following PHP versions:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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- 5.2<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- 5.3<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- 5.4<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- 5.5<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- 5.6<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- 7.0<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- 7.1<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- 7.2<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- 7.3<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- 7.4<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- 8.0<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- 8.1<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- 8.2<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- 8.3<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- 8.4<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- 8.5<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
Each version is being held updated with bug fixes and security updates. Even the older versions that no longer are being supported by the PHP community receive security updates from us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Global version setting<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
After logging on to cPanel and accessing
Select PHP version<\/code> according to the instructions above<\/a>, you can both see the currently active PHP version (markedcurrent<\/code>), and via the dropdown menu see the available PHP versions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.oderland.se\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/cpanel_php-version_select.png\")
<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\nSelect the version you like to run and click
Apply<\/code>. You are now using the selected version, but you may need to reload the page to see your newly selected version as the current one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.oderland.se\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/cpanel_php-version_apply.png\")
<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\nLocal version setting<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
You can set a specific PHP version for a single folder on you \naccount. This way you can run different versions of PHP for different \nparts of your account even though the global setting is set to another \nversion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To do this you have to edit the .htaccess-file that is in the folder \nfor which you want to set a PHP version for. If the .htaccess file does \nnot exist you can create it. You can do this using for example the File Manager<\/a> in cPanel (remember to activate viewing of hidden files if you are using the File Manager).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When you have opened the
.htaccess<\/code> file for editing you will have to enter this code at the top of the file:<\/p>\n\n\n\nAddHandler application\/x-httpd-alt-php74___lsphp .php .php7 .phtml<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
How do I managed PHP extensions?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
You can manage your PHP extensions from within cPanel. Some examples of PHP extensions are opcache, mysqli, imagick and soap.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Begin with accessing cPanel ->
Select PHP version<\/code> according to the instructions above<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\nOn the lower half of the page, you should see a large amount of checkboxes. Each one represents a different PHP extension. To activate it, you tick the box next to the extension name and to deactivate you untick it. Changes are saved automatically.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
![\"Select](\"https:\/\/www.oderland.se\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/PHP_module_select_en.png\")
<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\nWhen a change has been saved an infobox appears.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
![\"Change](\"https:\/\/www.oderland.se\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/PHP_module_successfully_saved_en-1.png\")
<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\nHow do I manage PHP options?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Sometimes you may want to adjust specific settings for PHP, and on our servers this can be done in two ways; either via cPanel, or via a .user.ini file which you create on the account (on other servers this can be done via a php.ini file, but we do not use that system).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Via cPanel<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
After logging on to cPanel and accessing
Select PHP version<\/code> according to the instructions above<\/a>, click theOptions<\/code> tab.<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.oderland.se\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/cpanel_php-options-1024x592.png\")
<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\nThere you may do your changes to the options by clicking on the values in the table. When you edit an option, the settings will save automatically.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
![\"Lista](\"https:\/\/www.oderland.se\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/PHP_options_list.png\")
<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\nWhen the value is saved, an infobox will be displayed in the top right corner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
![\"PHP-inst\u00e4llning](\"https:\/\/www.oderland.se\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/PHP_option_successfully_saved.png\")
<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\nVia .user.ini<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
You can also set PHP options via a
.user.ini<\/code> file on your webhosting account. Start with creating a file which you name.user.ini<\/code> in the folder where the website is residing for which you wish to edit options. You may create the file with the File Manager<\/a> built into cPanel. Just remember to activate display of hidden files.<\/p>\n\n\n\nInto the
.user.ini<\/code> file you may then put all PHP options you want to edit. The settings will act on the folder where the file is placed and all subdirectories. E.g.<\/em> if you want to adjust the amount of memory each PHP process can access, you add this to the file:<\/p>\n\n\n\nmemory_limit = 1024M<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
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