{"id":6717,"date":"2025-11-24T12:02:18","date_gmt":"2025-11-24T06:32:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/youstable.com\/blog\/?post_type=epkb_post_type_1&#038;p=3582"},"modified":"2025-11-24T12:02:20","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T06:32:20","slug":"how-to-change-php-version","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.youstable.com\/blog\/how-to-change-php-version","title":{"rendered":"How to change PHP version in DirectAdmin?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Suppose you are facing Outdated PHP Version errors on your website, then what will you do? Definitely, you will have to change PHP Version for your website. So in this tutorial, we will learn how to change PHP version in DirectAdmin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This article will help you to change the PHP version on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.directadmin.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Directadmin<\/a> Panel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, let\u2019s see how you can change the PHP version for your Website using the Directadmin Panel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"how-to-change-php-version-from-directadmin\"><strong>How to Change PHP Version from Directadmin.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>1. <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/youstable.com\/kb\/2022\/02\/22\/how-to-login-into-directadmin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Login to your Directadmin account<\/a> replacing domain.com with your domain name using the login credentials provided by your hosting provider.<br>https:\/\/domain.com:2222<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2. <\/strong>On the top right corner, select the domain name for which the PHP version needs to be changed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"932\" height=\"467\" src=\"https:\/\/youstable.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/1-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.youstable.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/1-2.png 932w, https:\/\/www.youstable.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/1-2-768x385.png 768w, https:\/\/www.youstable.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/1-2-810x406.png 810w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 932px) 100vw, 932px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>3. <\/strong>Scroll down and click \u201c<strong>Select PHP Version<\/strong>\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"911\" height=\"416\" src=\"https:\/\/youstable.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/2-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4439\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.youstable.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/2-2.png 911w, https:\/\/www.youstable.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/2-2-768x351.png 768w, https:\/\/www.youstable.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/2-2-810x370.png 810w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 911px) 100vw, 911px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>4. <\/strong>Click on the drop-down arrow near <strong>Current PHP Version<br><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh6.googleusercontent.com\/iINdT2QEI__opWDGrD9OTWeCj62ezVF-sHtgkc83PAWcb5OB4S6efuPkmyWp1hofLo4G_d7dpEkpBpGEAbz8zLEHynHV_DSAAAzlv1JvJXXY--2jdlpxWhave9DE3TYz9HEQ-tm9\" style=\"width: undefinedpx;\" alt=\"\"><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>5. <\/strong>Select your PHP Version as per your requirement, here am selecting 7.4 and clicking on \u201cSet as current\u201d.<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/YNnfaZBjDpOIqtgxlmguOO5DzjN02XbefXvKSWZJcUMruNMSH-LMO3VhiweEN_jW_Msq8v0wfgatOo6KFyy4bJtWoZ8vn-5lZwP3sRIiV3iNHLKvjGnOuVWwe0x2gvztWzqOjlm4\" style=\"width: undefinedpx;\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The above steps will help you select your PHP Version. Now let\u2019s see how we can check the PHP Version on your website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"checking-php-version-for-your-website\"><strong>Checking PHP Version for your website.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>1. <\/strong>Create a file in your <strong>public_html directory<\/strong> of the domain with any name let\u2019s say xyz.php.<br>Our file path will be \/home\/domain\/public_html\/xyz.php<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2. <\/strong>Add the following line of code in the file and save it.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-syntaxhighlighter-code \"><pre class=\"brush: php; title: ; notranslate\" title=\"\">\n&lt;?php\nphpinfo();\n?&gt;\n<\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>3. <\/strong>Now open your URL <strong>domain.com\/xyz.php<\/strong> to test the current PHP Version. 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