Set php version in htaccess

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?

Shaeldon

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asked Sep 24, 2012 at 8:16

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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

answered Feb 7, 2013 at 12:01

APeazeAPeaze

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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

chiwangc

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answered Jul 9, 2014 at 16:50

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Note that all above answers are correct for Apache+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+/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.

answered Feb 4, 2018 at 12:53

mariomario

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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.

answered Sep 24, 2012 at 8:22

EugeneEugene

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just FYI in GoDaddy it's this:

AddHandler x-httpd-php5-3 .php

answered Sep 23, 2013 at 18:11

EvaEva

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This worked for me

PHP 7.2

AddHandler application/x-httpd-ea-php72 .php

PHP 7.3

AddHandler application/x-httpd-ea-php73 .php

answered Apr 23, 2020 at 17:15

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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>

answered Feb 12, 2020 at 8:47

PatricNoxPatricNox

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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.

answered May 20, 2020 at 12:50

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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

answered Dec 30, 2021 at 9:18

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".

answered May 5 at 21:10

Andrew EAndrew E

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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.

answered Sep 24, 2012 at 8:18

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