{"id":893,"date":"2018-05-03T12:49:29","date_gmt":"2018-05-03T12:49:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/?post_type=article&#038;p=893"},"modified":"2025-05-05T07:54:16","modified_gmt":"2025-05-05T07:54:16","slug":"change-php-version-cpanel","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/article\/change-php-version-cpanel\/","title":{"rendered":"How to change your PHP version in cPanel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ChemiCloud uses <a href=\"https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/article\/what-is-cloudlinux\/\">CloudLinux<\/a> as the OS on our servers to improve server stability. A major feature of CloudLinux is that each cPanel account can select the global PHP version they want to have for their websites.<\/p>\n    \t\t<div class=\"hts-messages hts-messages--info  hts-messages--withtitle hts-messages--withicon \"   >\r\n    \t\t\t<span class=\"hts-messages__title\">Need to set a different PHP version for an Addon Domain instead?<\/span>    \t\t\t    \t\t\t\t<p>\r\n    \t\t\t\t\tIf you want to set a different PHP version for on of your Addon domains, you can easily do so using a .htaccess handler as described in <a href=\"https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/article\/set-a-different-php-version-for-an-addon-domain\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">this guide<\/a>.    \t\t\t\t<\/p>\r\n    \t\t\t    \t\t\t\r\n    \t\t<\/div><!-- \/.ht-shortcodes-messages -->\r\n    \t\t\n<p>You can easily change the PHP version on your account by following these steps:<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"how-to-change-php-version-in-cpanel\"><strong>How to change PHP version in cPanel<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h3>\n    \t\t<div class=\"hts-messages hts-messages--info  hts-messages--withtitle hts-messages--withicon \"   >\r\n    \t\t\t<span class=\"hts-messages__title\">Info<\/span>    \t\t\t    \t\t\t\t<p>\r\n    \t\t\t\t\tPHP 8.4 is now available at ChemiCloud for all environments.    \t\t\t\t<\/p>\r\n    \t\t\t    \t\t\t\r\n    \t\t<\/div><!-- \/.ht-shortcodes-messages -->\r\n    \t\t\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QOz64Ugirpk\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>1.<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/article\/how-to-login-cpanel-whm\/\">Log in<\/a> to your <strong>cPanel<\/strong> account.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2.<\/strong> Navigate to the <strong>Software <\/strong>section and click on <strong>Select PHP Version.<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7674\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7674\" style=\"width: 643px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-7674\" src=\"https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Software-Select-PHP-Version-783x298.png\" alt=\"PHP Version\" width=\"643\" height=\"245\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Software-Select-PHP-Version-783x298.png 783w, https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Software-Select-PHP-Version-300x114.png 300w, https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Software-Select-PHP-Version-768x292.png 768w, https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Software-Select-PHP-Version-50x19.png 50w, https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Software-Select-PHP-Version-1536x584.png 1536w, https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Software-Select-PHP-Version-60x23.png 60w, https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Software-Select-PHP-Version-100x38.png 100w, https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Software-Select-PHP-Version.png 1740w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 643px) 100vw, 643px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7674\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Software &gt; Select PHP Version<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>3.<\/strong> Click on the <strong>PHP Version<\/strong> drop-down box and select your preferred PHP version<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-7675\" src=\"https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/PHP-Selector-Change-PHP-Version-783x235.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"643\" height=\"193\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/PHP-Selector-Change-PHP-Version-783x235.png 783w, https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/PHP-Selector-Change-PHP-Version-300x90.png 300w, https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/PHP-Selector-Change-PHP-Version-768x230.png 768w, https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/PHP-Selector-Change-PHP-Version-50x15.png 50w, https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/PHP-Selector-Change-PHP-Version-1536x461.png 1536w, https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/PHP-Selector-Change-PHP-Version-2048x614.png 2048w, https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/PHP-Selector-Change-PHP-Version-60x18.png 60w, https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/PHP-Selector-Change-PHP-Version-100x30.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 643px) 100vw, 643px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>4.<\/strong> Click on <strong>Set as current <\/strong>button to save your PHP version change.<\/p>\n    \t\t<div class=\"hts-messages hts-messages--alert   hts-messages--withicon \"   >\r\n    \t\t\t    \t\t\t    \t\t\t\t<p>\r\n    \t\t\t\t\tIt is important that you know which PHP version you need for your web applications, to avoid any unwanted mishaps. In case you see any error on your website once you&#8217;ve changed the PHP version, please revert back to the previous PHP version which your site was using.     \t\t\t\t<\/p>\r\n    \t\t\t    \t\t\t\r\n    \t\t<\/div><!-- \/.ht-shortcodes-messages -->\r\n    \t\t\n<p>We hope this short article has been helpful and remember: never stop learning and as a result, you will develop your skills in no time!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ChemiCloud uses CloudLinux as the OS on our servers to improve server stability. A major feature of CloudLinux is that each cPanel account can select the global PHP version they want to have for their websites. 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