Title: PHP Problem with new update
Last modified: December 8, 2019

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# PHP Problem with new update

 *  Resolved [robynobrien](https://wordpress.org/support/users/robynobrien/)
 * (@robynobrien)
 * [6 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-problem-with-new-update/)
 * When I try to update the plugin. It says I need a newer PHP version. But I have
   a newer version. It’s causing conflict that wasn’t there before. I’ve downgraded
   to the previous version, but need to know how to get lifter to acknowledge my
   new PHP . It’s actually want you require but still not recognising it.

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 *  [frypartyoffive](https://wordpress.org/support/users/frypartyoffive/)
 * (@frypartyoffive)
 * [6 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-problem-with-new-update/#post-12217223)
 * I have this problem too. I have updated my PHP with my host, but WordPress is
   not recognizing that I have. It still shows I am running PHP version: 5.6.27.
 *  [Thomas Patrick Levy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thomasplevy/)
 * (@thomasplevy)
 * [6 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-problem-with-new-update/#post-12221372)
 * [@robynobrien](https://wordpress.org/support/users/robynobrien/),
 * Sorry you’re having issues here. It’s kind of confusing (admittedly) but LifterLMS
   isn’t actually in charge of determining what version of PHP you’re running. We
   haven’t written any code that determines whether or not you can install or upgrade
   LifterLMS, WordPress takes care of this. The WordPress core added this in WordPress
   5.1 (maybe it was 5.2 actually, I can’t remember, but it doesn’t really matter).
   WordPress used to not actually check whether or not the plugin/theme being installed/
   updated met the requirements put forth in our plugin meta data but now it does.
 * You can check what version WordPress is running on by navigating to the WordPress
   Site Health Check screen on your admin panel.
 * Head to Tools -> Site Health and then click the “Info” tab. Expand the “Server”
   section and you’ll see your PHP Version (again, as seen by WordPress) under “
   PHP Version”.
 * This is the version your server is running and if it’s showing a different version
   than you want/think/your host says you’re running you need to work with fixing
   that before you can upgrade to the latest version of LifterLMS.
 * If you’ve upgraded PHP yourself it’s possible that you’ve skipped a really important
   step: restarting your server. I’ve seen hosts forget this step as well!
 * Let me know if that helps,
 *  [Thomas Patrick Levy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thomasplevy/)
 * (@thomasplevy)
 * [6 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-problem-with-new-update/#post-12221381)
 * [@frypartyoffive](https://wordpress.org/support/users/frypartyoffive/)
 * I mean to at you as well, check out my response above.

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## Tags

 * [php](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/php/)
 * [php update](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/php-update/)
 * [update](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/update/)

 * 3 replies
 * 3 participants
 * Last reply from: [Thomas Patrick Levy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thomasplevy/)
 * Last activity: [6 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-problem-with-new-update/#post-12221381)
 * Status: resolved