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Changing the PHP version used on a website

You can easily change the PHP version used throughout a website::

1. Open the Admin Console (https://login.infomaniak.com)
2. Go to Hosting
3. Click on the hosting/domain name in question
4. Under Sites click on the domain name of the site to be configured
5. Under PHP version, click on the version to be configured for the entire Web site
6. Click on Save to save the changes

The change is effective immediately.

Changing the PHP version used in a specific directory

It is possible to use different PHP versions on the same website.

For example, you can configure folder X with PHP 5.5 and folder Y with PHP 5.4. If necessary, you can even switch from one version of PHP to another without interrupting your website.

The PHP version used by default is PHP 5.4.

To configure a folder and its subfolders with another version of PHP:

1. If necessary, create a .htaccess file in the folder to be configured (help)
2. Insert this code in the .htaccess file and save your changes:
   • For PHP 5.5: SetEnv PHP_VERSION 5.5
   • For PHP 5.6: SetEnv PHP_VERSION 5.6
   • etc.

The change is effective immediately.