Title: PHP too old
Last modified: October 1, 2019

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# PHP too old

 *  Resolved [JetRain](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jetrain/)
 * (@jetrain)
 * [6 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-too-old/)
 * I have a backup of a site from December 2018 that I need to load. I get the warning
   stating the backup is using PHP 5 and the current setup is using PHP 7. I went
   to the cpanel and I can only go back to PHP 5.1. I tried this and I still get
   the error when I try to import the backup. What can I do to upload this backup?
   It’s all I have of a very large site.

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 *  Plugin Author [Yani](https://wordpress.org/support/users/yaniiliev/)
 * (@yaniiliev)
 * [6 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-too-old/#post-11985629)
 * Try with PHP 5.6
    What error do you see after import?
 *  Thread Starter [JetRain](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jetrain/)
 * (@jetrain)
 * [6 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-too-old/#post-11986992)
 * I managed to get the backup uploaded via the FTP (the file is large at 3.9gb).
   The backup loads now up until it gets to restoring the database…it gets stuck
   at 99%. I read on the forums that I should try waiting 15 minutes and attempt
   to log in on another tab to the site but that also didn’t work. So now I’m clueless
   as to what to do.
 *  Plugin Author [Yani](https://wordpress.org/support/users/yaniiliev/)
 * (@yaniiliev)
 * [6 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-too-old/#post-11988903)
 * Usually, this means that you have a plugin or theme that is not working.
    Set
   WP_DEBUG to `true` in wp-config.php then open your website and see if there is
   an error.
 *  Thread Starter [JetRain](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jetrain/)
 * (@jetrain)
 * [6 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-too-old/#post-11990173)
 * I got advice from another author and this solved my issue. Make sure to set the
   max_execution_time and max_input_time set to 300, and memory_limit to 256M.

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 * Last activity: [6 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-too-old/#post-11990173)
 * Status: resolved