How to change your PHP version

1) Click the File Manager button located in the Files section of cPanel.

2) Select the Home Directory and the Show Hidden Files option, then click Go.

Please move to the File Manager section of this article (see below).

File Manager

1) Click the New File button at the top-left hand side of the screen.

2) Enter “.htaccess” as the file name, and leave the location blank.

3) Right click the new htaccess file we just created.

4) Click the Code Edit option from the right click menu.

5) Add the AddHandler for the version of PHP you wish to use (located above). Then click the Save Changes button.

That’s it! Your whole account will now be using the version of PHP you specified in the htaccess file. If you wish to set the PHP version on a folder by folder basis, simply move/create/edit (if you already have one) the htaccess file in the folder you wish to change.

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-php70 .php

To switch to PHP 7.1:

AddHandler application/x-httpd-php71 .php