Recently, we have had clients ask how to run different PHP versions in the same cPanel account. Unfortunately, this is not available with the PHP Selector at the time of this writing, but there is still a way to achieve this.
The first requirement is that PHP needs to be running in suPHP mode. All shared, cloud and managed dedicated servers from GlowHost run in suPHP mode. Below are the steps to achieve the result you are looking for:
Steps 1 through 3 are not required on shared GlowHost servers as we have already done this part for you. If you have a shared, reseller, or semi-dedicated account, please skip to step 4.
1. Configure handlers for the different PHP versions and point them to the existing php-cgi binaries. These are all visible from CageFS. The code should look something like this in the [handlers] section in /opt/suphp/etc/suphp.conf:
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2. Add suPHP handlers for each version you need Please note that this should be done before other configs. On the cPanel server, add the following section /usr/local/apache/conf/includes/pre_virtualhost_global.conf:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 | <IfModule mod_suphp.c> <Directory /> suPHP_AddHandler application/x-httpd-php52 suPHP_AddHandler application/x-httpd-php53 suPHP_AddHandler application/x-httpd-php54 suPHP_AddHandler application/x-httpd-php55 suPHP_AddHandler application/x-httpd-php56 </Directory> </IfModule> |
3. Restart apache. Now apache will understand what binary should be used each mime type.
4. To use a specific version of PHP in a particular directory, just add a line to .htaccess in that directory (or create an .htaccess file with that line, if it is not there).
For example for php5.4, add the following line in .htaccess will be:
1 | AddHandler application/x-httpd-php54 .php .php5 |
-Subdirectories will be will use the same PHP version as parent … unless you override it with another .htaccess entry in that subdirectory.
-PHP extensions selection will match extensions selected by end user for that PHP version in PHP Selector.
-This is not an ‘officially’ supported way to run multiple PHP per account, but it is a safe hack that will work for anyone using suPHP.