Enable PHP 5.3 for Your Website on Windows Based Hosting

Last Updated on Saturday, 11 May 2013 06:14 Written by Khaleel Demeri Tuesday, 14 May 2013 12:00

Enabling PHP 5.3 for your website in a windows based hosting is very simple! You can enable PHP 5.3 for your website by adding the following to your web.config file between <system.webServer> tags.

Configure PHP Variables Using PHP Variables Manager

Last Updated on Saturday, 27 April 2013 09:24 Written by Khaleel Demeri Saturday, 4 May 2013 12:00

The PHP Variables Manager plugin is available for cPanel users under the 1H Software section in cPanel. It allows cPanel users to easily configure different PHP variables per folder through a single interface without the need to manually modify their own php.ini files – convenient and time saving.

Change PHP Version Using the PHP Version Manager

Last Updated on Saturday, 27 April 2013 09:23 Written by Khaleel Demeri Thursday, 2 May 2013 12:00

The PHP version change plugin is available for cPanel users under the 1H Software section in cPanel. It allows you to easily choose between 6 different PHP versions. Through the plugin interface you can set a different PHP version not only per a separate hosting account, but also within each directory or sub-directory of that hosting account with just a single click.

How to Change the PHP Version on Linux/cPanel Hosting

Last Updated on Sunday, 3 March 2013 08:01 Written by Khaleel Demeri Sunday, 3 March 2013 12:00

By default, our Linux accounts makes use of PHP 5.2 as not all scripts are compatible with higher PHP versions, However, If you wish to use a php version other than the default one then this blog was made for you.

To change php version for your account, you have two options:

1) You can change it using your .htaccess file.
For this, please see http://blog.arvixe.com/how-to-use-php-5-3-on-linux-hosting/

Note: This can be done for just one domain or for the whole account.

How to Change PHP Version via .htaccess File

Last Updated on Thursday, 14 February 2013 09:29 Written by Naveed Ashraf Thursday, 14 February 2013 12:00

On a server, there is possibility to have more than one compiled php version. If you wish to use a php version other than the default one, you can use the .httaccess file for this purpose.

If the default php version on a server is set to php 5, then by default, all domains will use php5.  If a certain application installed on a domain runs only under php4, thenit is necessary that the domain uses php4

Open .htaccess by any suitable editor. Put the following code into it:

Server without suphp enabled

AddType application/x-httpd-php4 .php .htm .html

Server with suphp enabled

AddHandler application/x-httpd-php4 .php .htm .html

In the same way, you can enable other php versions if they are installed/compiled over the server.

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