{"id":40,"date":"2025-06-12T08:34:43","date_gmt":"2025-06-12T08:34:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nashe"},"modified":"2025-06-16T16:37:17","modified_gmt":"2025-06-16T16:37:17","password":"","slug":"how-to-change-your-php-version-via-gethost-control-panel","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/gethost.co.zw\/kb\/article\/how-to-change-your-php-version-via-gethost-control-panel\/","title":{"rendered":"How to change your php version via GetHost Control Panel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>GetHost supports multiple PHP versions on every\u00a0shared hosting\u00a0package. You can change your PHP version and enable or disable different PHP modules via the web-based interface in your GetHost Control Panel. By the time of this tutorial, the default PHP version on our servers is PHP 8.4, but you can apply a different version for your account if your application or script requires it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To change your PHP version, please log in to your GetHost Control Panel and refer to the\u00a0<strong>Web Tools<\/strong>\u00a0section and click on the\u00a0<strong>Change PHP Version<\/strong>\u00a0icon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"362\" src=\"http:\/\/gethost-kb.local\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-16-175116-1024x362.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-644\" title=\"How to Change your PHP version via cPanel 1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gethost.co.zw\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-16-175116-1024x362.png 1024w, https:\/\/gethost.co.zw\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-16-175116-300x106.png 300w, https:\/\/gethost.co.zw\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-16-175116-768x271.png 768w, https:\/\/gethost.co.zw\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-16-175116.png 1169w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Via the GetHost Control Panel Change PHP Version drop-down menu, you can see all the available PHP versions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"439\" src=\"http:\/\/gethost-kb.local\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-16-175543-1024x439.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-645\" title=\"How to Change your PHP version via cPanel 2\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gethost.co.zw\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-16-175543-1024x439.png 1024w, https:\/\/gethost.co.zw\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-16-175543-300x129.png 300w, https:\/\/gethost.co.zw\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-16-175543-768x330.png 768w, https:\/\/gethost.co.zw\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-16-175543.png 1377w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>To change the current version of your hosting account, select the desired version and click on the\u00a0<strong>Change PHP Version<\/strong>\u00a0button. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"362\" src=\"http:\/\/gethost-kb.local\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-16-175116-1024x362.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-644\" title=\"How to Change your PHP version via cPanel 3\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gethost.co.zw\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-16-175116-1024x362.png 1024w, https:\/\/gethost.co.zw\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-16-175116-300x106.png 300w, https:\/\/gethost.co.zw\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-16-175116-768x271.png 768w, https:\/\/gethost.co.zw\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-16-175116.png 1169w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>To modify the PHP configuration for the selected PHP version, return to the <strong>Web Tools<\/strong> section and select <strong>PHP Configuration<\/strong>. You can change variables such as the <code>memory_limit<\/code> and the <code>max_input_time<\/code> for your chosen PHP version.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"464\" src=\"http:\/\/gethost-kb.local\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-16-180956-1024x464.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-647\" title=\"How to Change your PHP version via cPanel 6\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gethost.co.zw\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-16-180956-1024x464.png 1024w, https:\/\/gethost.co.zw\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-16-180956-300x136.png 300w, https:\/\/gethost.co.zw\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-16-180956-768x348.png 768w, https:\/\/gethost.co.zw\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-16-180956.png 1344w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Additionally, you can also easily enable&nbsp;<code>the error_reporting<\/code>&nbsp;and change&nbsp;<code>upload_max_filesize<\/code>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-background has-vivid-cyan-blue-background-color has-white-color\" style=\"border-radius:8px\">We hope you find this article useful. 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