how to change php version in htaccess in server

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?

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11 Answers

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

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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

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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.

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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.

just FYI in GoDaddy it's this:

AddHandler x-httpd-php5-3 .php

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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

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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>

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.

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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

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".

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.

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