Switching PHP Version

cPanel Hosting

Shrishti Softech Solutions (P) Ltd supports PHP 5.2, 5.3 and 5.4 on its cPanel Hosting Servers, with PHP 5.2 being the default version. You may switch to another version as mentioned below:

  1. Create a blank file (without any extension) as:

    • usealtphp for PHP 5.3,

      OR

    • usealtphp54 for PHP 5.4.

  2. Place this in the Home Directory (/home/<directory-name>) of your cPanel hosting package.

You may switch back to PHP 5.2 by simply deleting the usealtphp / usealtphp54 file.

Pleask Hosting

By default, Shrishti Softech Solutions (P) Ltd supports PHP 5.2 on its Plesk Hosting Servers. In order to switch to PHP 5.3, you need to make the following changes from the Plesk panel:

  1. Login to the Plesk panel of the domain name for which you wish to switch the PHP version.

  2. Click the Website & Domains tab and then the Show Advanced Options link.

  3. Here, click the Virtual Directories link.

  4. Under the Tools section, click the PHP Settings button.

  5. Select the 5.3.21 version and click the OK button.

You may switch back to PHP 5.2 through the same process as mentioned above.

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